Los hechos de mayo de 1937: Efectivos y bajas de cada bando

Abstract

The victims of the Barcelona events of May 1937 were identified by the historians Josep Solé and Joan Villarroya in 1982 but since then nobody has tried to look through or extend the contents of this list. Thanks to a new review of the archives, the author has succeeded, besides to make a rough estimate of the militants who taked part, in identifying the side of most of the mentioned victims, something which has not been done before. The discovery of a unpublished document with the UGT, PSUC and JSU victims list has been the key to solve the mystery. The result says that the revolutionary side (anarchists and POUM) suffered more than twice casualties than the government side because their enemy occupied a defensive position.