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The proposal integrates several cultural activities to Gandia. The meeting point will be at the Cercanía Station, from where we will move to the Palacio Ducal de Borja to enjoy a guided tour. Next, we will visit the Municipal Archaeological Museum. After the lunch break, the day will continue at the University of Gandia with a lecture by Eladi Mainar.

The conference analyzes the events from the last weeks of the Civil War, where thousands of republicans were desperately seeking a way out in the face of Francoist advance. We will analyze the contrast of those days: from the escape that was possible for hundreds of privileged people of the port of Gandia, until the tragedy of Alicante, where thousands of refugees were trapped with no escape, doomed to the fierce of the victors.

Eladi Mainar is a part of the AlumniUV Community and he holds a PhD in Contemporary History from the Universitat de València and is a retired history professor. His research career has focused on the period of the Civil War and the Revolution in València, topics which were discussed in his undergraduate thesis (1984) and his doctoral thesis (1992): The military takeover of July 1936 in València and the formation of the popular militias.

With a long teaching and research career, this work was focused on the analisys of the military takeover from 1936, the formation of the militias and the dramatic finale of the Republic. He is an author of an extensive bibliography, with with key titles like De las bombas al exilio. Gandia 1939, and his recent publication El golpe militar de 1936, Valéncia (2024). In addition to his role as writter and contributor to reference works such as Diccionario Histórico del País Valenciano, has been a key figure in cultural management, directing magazines such as El Adelanto o Quid, and curating historical memory exhibitions in the Safor region