Hilari Salvadó

Alcalde de Barcelona quan plovien bombes

Author/s: Pau Vinyes Roig
Co-edition with: Fundació Josep Irla
Collection: People of Barcelona

Hilari Salvadó i Castell (Barcelona, 1899-1966) was born into a modest family of fishermen in Barceloneta and was an accountant by profession. His activism in civic and cultural Catalanism led him first into local politics and finally to the Republican Left of Catalonia party. He became a Barcelona City Councillor in 1934 and was imprisoned as a result of the Events of 6th October. During the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and with the city under siege from fascist bombs, he was elected mayor, and was responsible for instigating a programme that would take in thousands of refugees.

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Civil War

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Municipal Government

What are them saying

"El llibre il·lumina la figura d'Hilari Salvadó, l'últim alcalde republicà de Barcelona, que es va abocar a la resistència als bombardejos i l'acollida dels refugiats del feixisme. "

EL PUNT AVUI | Anna Ballbona 13/03/2017