Elisa Garrido García | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | "La Mañica" and "Françoise" |
| Born | 14 June 1909 Magallón, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain |
| Died | 19 March 1990 (aged 80) Toulouse, Occitania, France |
| Allegiance |  Republican faction  French Resistance |
| Years of service | 1936-1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit |  Confederal militias Ponzán group |
| Battles / wars | |
Elisa Garrido García, also known as La Mañica and Françoise, (1909-1990)[1] was an Aragonese anti-fascist militant. She was a member of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) and fought against the nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War and against the Nazi troops in France during World War II. She spent time in several prisons and three concentration camps, where she suffered mistreatment and torture. For her intervention in the world war, during which she blew up a German howitzer factory where she had been sent as a prisoner of war by the Germans, the French Republic awarded her the Legion of Honour and recognised her as a lieutenant in the French Resistance.[2]
- ^ González Izagirre, Iker (11 September 2021). "Elisa Garrido, Alfonsina Bueno, Lise London: tres antifascistas aragonesas que sobrevivieron al infierno nazi". AraInfo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Bayona, Eduardo (8 November 2019). "Elisa Garrido, la libertaria que voló una fábrica nazi de bombas". Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2023.