Buenaventura Durruti | |
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Birth name | José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange |
Born | León, Spain | 14 July 1896
Died | 20 November 1936 Madrid, Spain | (aged 40)
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Allegiance | CNT-FAI |
Service | Los Justicieros (1920–1922) Los Solidarios (1922–1924) Los Errantes (1924–1926) Confederal militias (1936) |
Years of service | 1920–1936 |
Commands | Durruti Column |
Known for | Anarcho-syndicalism, Anti-fascism |
Battles / wars | Spanish Civil War |
Spouse(s) | Émilienne Morin |
Children | Colette Durruti |
Relations | Pedro Durruti (brother) |
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José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange (14 July 1896 – 20 November 1936) was a Spanish anarchist revolutionary involved with the CNT and the FAI in the periods before and during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939. Durruti played an influential role during the Spanish Revolution of 1936 and is remembered as a hero in and by the anarchist movement.[1]
Durruti is remembered as a hero, an anarchist militant, and a revolutionary armed fighter against fascism, willing to wage war to foster a worker-controlled anarchist society.