Pascual Fresquet Llopis facts for kids
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Pascual Fresquet
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Pascual Fresquet Llopis
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| Born | 6 January 1907 Alcalà de Xivert, Baix Maestrat, Castellón, Valencia, Spain |
| Died | 14 August 1957 (aged 50) Aubanha, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Allegiance |  CNT-FAI |
| Service | Confederal militias |
| Years of service | 1936 |
| Unit | South Ebro Column |
| Commands held | Brigade of Death |
| Battles/wars | Spanish Civil War |
Pascual Fresquet Llopis (Alcalà de Xivert, 1907–1957) was a Valencian libertarian communist and the leader of the Death Brigade.
Biography
Pascual Fresquet Llopis was born in 1907 in Alcalà de Xivert. As a child his family emigrated to La Torrassa, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat district, which was made up of a working population that was mostly affiliated with the CNT. His parents worked on the Barcelona Metro and his mother, Purificación Llopis, ran an inn on Carrer Sugranyes. Fresquet was the president of the CNT construction union in the Sants neighborhood in 1936.
With the outbreak of the war, he came to command the Brigade of Death, a unit linked to the FAI that was responsible for more than 200 murders between July and September 1936.
See also
In Spanish: Pascual Fresquet para niños
