This Friday 14th January, the presentation of the book "El cost humà de la repressió al País Valencià (1936-1956)" by Vicent Gabarda Cebellán will take place. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Public Library of Benetússer and in addition to the author, the historian Arantxa Jansen will speak.

1936-1956. Twenty years and thousands of victims whose disappearance caused pain in their families, who continued to suffer the consequences of repression for years. A repression on people who were accused of thinking differently from their executioners, of believing differently from their accusers, of defending ideas, a way of life, a way of working, different from those with opposing interests. The human cost of repression. The victims of Francoist and Republican repression are added to the deaths caused on the war fronts or by the bombing of the cities in rearguard of an uncivil civil war. It is not a question of equalling the two repressions, but we must remember that there were widows, widowers, orphans, robberies, looting, confiscations, murders, extortions, hot terror, cold terror, uncontrolled actions everywhere... and when we use these terms we must bear in mind that, at a given moment, they can be applied to either side of the dividing line. Another thing is the way Francoism treated some victims and others. Here, there is a barrier that needs to be removed if we want to facilitate a climate of peace.