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thursday 19 december 2024

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In the Canary Islands, a concentration camp for the LGBTI group was opened.

70

years ago

11 February 1954,

In the Canary Islands a concentration camp was opened to accommodate a large number of people from the LGBTI group. It was installed at the abandoned airport of Fuerteventura, in the village of Tefía. Not only were homosexuals maintained in that Agrarian Colony, but people from other categories covered by the Alfer and Criminals Act were also transferred. Forced labor, beatings, extreme hunger for prostitution with officials -- living conditions were very harsh. Franco banned homosexuality by law the following year. This space remained open until 1966.

Source:

Miguel Angel Sosa Machin, Travel to the center of the infamia (Anroart Editions)

1990Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison in South Africa

1937The General Motors car factory in the US city of Flint ended the sit-down strike with workers' victory

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1954-02-11

In the Canary Islands, a concentration camp for the LGBTI group was opened.

1954-02-19

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Bobby Sands is born in a Catholic family in Belfast

1954-06-26

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Algerian War of Independence

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1979-02-03

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1979-02-03

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years ago

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years ago

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80

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105

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