Flora Sanhueza Murdered (1973)
Tue Sep 18, 1973
Flora Sanhueza was a Chilean socialist, anti-fascist soldier, and teacher who died on this day in 1973 as a result of torture and sexual assault inflicted in the Pisagua concentration camp, by the new fascist regime of Augusto Pinochet.
Born into an anarchist family, Sanhueza was a dedicated anti-fascist who fought against the Francoists during the Spanish Civil War. Upon returning home, she founded a school to educate working class women called "Luisa Michel Libertarian Athenaeum".
On the day of the Chilean September 11th coup (which ousted socialist president Salvador Allende and brought Augusto Pinochet into power), Flora and her son were arrested and later transferred to the Pisagua concentration camp.
There, Flora was brutally tortured and sexually assaulted. From the wounds caused by this treatment, she died on this day in 1973, one of the many victims of the violent political repression of the Pinochet regime.
- Date: 1973-09-18
- Learn More: es.wikipedia.org, prensaopal.cl.
- Tags: #Socialism, #Fascism.
- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org
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