The Vice-President of the Government, Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory, Carmen Calvo, has expressed the Government’s commitment to the memory of the Spanish victims of Nazism: "The essence of democracy is the continuous memory of this sacrifice," he said, while stressing that the Executive "will continue to build this plural and diverse Spain that belongs to us all."
Inauguration of the Memorial in tribute to the Spanish deported and deceased in Mauthausen and other concentration camps. Madrid. 31/01/2020.
During the inauguration of the Memorial in honor of the Spanish deported and deceased in Mauthausen and other concentration camps, and all the Spanish victims of Nazism, the First Vice-President has committed herself "to continue remembering what we have never forgotten".
Calvo, who has discovered a monolith and made a floral offering accompanied by the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, José Luis Ábalos, wanted to pay tribute to the more than 5,000 Spaniards who were killed in the Mauthausen concentration camp, to the 1,500 who died in other camps, and to all the Spanish victims of Nazism.
The vice-president expressed her gratitude on behalf of the government to the memory movement of our country "for keeping alive the flame of memory and against memory for 40 years". The tribute ceremony, which began with the reading of Mauthausen’s oath, was also attended by the former president of the government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and representatives of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain, and AMICAL de Mauthausen and other Nazi concentration camps.
After the celebration of the tribute, they moved to the exhibition hall of the Archery of New Ministries, where they visited the exhibition "1939: Spanish Republican Exile", whose opening has been extended until February 29, due to the success of public attendance.
