José Pellicer Gandía

José Pellicer Gandía (1912–1942) was a Spanish anarchist, politician and revolutionary primarily known for being the founder of the Iron Column during the Spanish Civil War. He is often nicknamed the "Durruti valencià".

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pellicer and the second or maternal family name is Gandía.
José Pellicer Gandía

Pellicer Gandía was executed on 8 June 1942 under the Francoist government, after several years of imprisonment.[1]

Notes
  1. Blay 2002.

Sources
  • Blay, Juan Antonio (13 January 2002), "The Valencian Durruti [José Pellicer Gandía of the Iron Column]", Levante, archived from the original on 1 September 2012
  • Paz, Abel (2011). The Story of the Iron Column: Militant Anarchism in the Spanish Civil War. AK Press. ISBN 978-1-84935-064-8.


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