13 Facts About Abel Paz

Abel Paz was a Spanish anarchist and historian who fought in the Spanish Civil War.

Abel Paz wrote multiple volumes on anarchist history, including a biography of Buenaventura Durruti, an influential anarchist during the war.

Abel Paz kept the anarchist tradition throughout his life, including a decade in Francoist Spain's jails and multiple decades in exile in France.

Abel Paz was born Diego Camacho Escamez on August 12,1921, in Almeria, southeastern Andalusia, Spain.

Abel Paz moved back briefly to Almeria, where his mother was, too, a CNT member and subscribed to the Libertarian Youth in 1935.

Abel Paz participated in the resistance after Francisco Franco's 1936 pronunciamento.

Abel Paz was jailed and passed between prisons for five years.

Abel Paz remained exiled in France, where he traveled and participated in anti-Francoist, CNT, and Libertarian Youth groups.

Abel Paz's work covering Durruti covered an explanation of the failure of Durruti's militia to take Zaragoza after the capture of Bujaraloz.

In 1979, Abel Paz returned to Spain and its anarchist movement.

Abel Paz wrote a four-volume memoir and spoke with young libertarians about his experiences.

Abel Paz participated in media accounts of the war through his physical decline and death.

Abel Paz died age 87 on April 13,2009, in Barcelona.