Marcel·lí Massana Bancells (1918–1981) was an anarchist guerrilla among the most famed maquis in Catalonia.

Marcelino Massana
Born1918 (1918)
Berga, Spain
Died1981 (aged 62–63)
Foix, France
Other namesPoncho

Early life and career

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Marcel·lí Massana Bancells was born in Berga in 1918.[1] Massana participated in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo and was a Republican lieutenant during the Spanish Civil War. Jailed between 1939 and 1942, Massana fled to France, but returned to Catalonia as an anarchist guerrilla maquis in 1944,[1] in which he was a famed figure[2] and known as "Poncho".[1] He and Caracremada carried out kidnappings, attacks, and expropriations in Berguedà and Solsonès. He quit his career as a maquis in 1951 and returned to France. Massana died in the country's Foix region in 1981.[1]

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Bibliography

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  • Beevor, Antony (2007) [2006]. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936–1939. London: Phoenix. ISBN 978-0-7538-2165-7. OCLC 845175717.
  • "Marcel·lí Massana i Bancells". Gran enciclopèdia catalana.