L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)

Conrad Miret i Musté

— Programes de Memória —

Conrad Miret i Muste Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 24, 2022

1. Conrad Miret i Muste Marker

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Conrad Miret i Musté
Barcelona 1906 - Paris 1942

En aquest edifici hi va viure el comandant de l'Exèrcit republicà, comunista i dirigent de la Resistència francesa durant la Segona Guerra Mundial, assassinat per la Gestapo a la presó de La Santé

(English translation:)

In this building lived the commander of the Republican Army, communist and leader of the French Resistance during World War II, killed by the Gestapo in La Santé prison.

Erected 2018 by Ajuntament de Barcelona.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Barcelona Programes de Memòria series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.

Location. 41° 23.333′ N, 2° 9.531′ E. Marker is in Barcelona, Cataluña (Catalonia). It is in L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample. Marker is on Carrer d'Aribau, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Carrer d'Aribau, Barcelona, Cataluña 08011, Spain. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker

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. Tete Montoliu (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Carmen Laforet (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); El Taller dels Rusiñol i Clarasó / The workshop of Rusiñol and Clarasó (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Maria Aurèlia Capmany (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Ramon Trias i Fargas (approx. half a kilometer away); Teodoro Moscoso (approx. half a kilometer away); Francesc Layret (approx. half a kilometer away); Francesc Layret: la lluita contra la injusticia social / the fight against social injustice (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barcelona.

Also see . . .
1. We point out the workers' and republican memory: Lluís Companys and Conrad Miret (AdB, in Catalan). Press release by the Ajuntament de Barcelona (Barcelona City Government) on the (then) pending installation of historical markers for Lluís Companys and Conrad Miret. In Catalan.

Excerpt (in translation) on this installation of this plaque in April, 2018: "...a tribute will be paid to the commander of the republican army, Conrad Miret , from Eixample, who was born in Carrer Urgell in Barcelona and lived in Carrer Aribau, 68., where a nameplate plate will be installed in his memory. Miret commanded the Battalion of the 140th Mixed Brigade and
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 24, 2022

2. Conrad Miret i Musté Marker - wide view
once in exile was the head of the Military Committee of the Special Organization of the MOI (Main d'Oeuvre Immigrée) until he was arrested by the Gestapo in Paris. He was killed by torture at the hands of the Nazis in 1942 in the Paris prison of La Santé, where a plaque commemorating him as a war hero has been installed since 2013."

(Submitted on May 14, 2022.)

2. Conrad Miret i Musté (Wikipedia, in French).

Excerpt (in translation): "Conrad Miret i Musté (also known as Conrado Miret-Musté), born April 15, 1906 in Barcelona and murdered on February 27, 1942 in Paris, was a Catalan Republican communist. Engaged in the fight against the Nazis in France in 1939, he distinguished himself as a resistance member in the groups of the Special Organization for Immigrant Workforce, precursor of the FTP-MOI in the Paris region. He is the brother of Josep Miret i Musté."

(Submitted on May 14, 2022.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 14, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 208 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 14, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.