What is commemorated on May 5 in Spain

May 5 in Spain is a day dedicated to honoring all the Spaniards deported and deceased in Mauthasen and in other Nazi concentration camps . In the same way, homage is paid to all the Spanish victims of Nazism.

The tributes of May 5 , which coincide with the anniversary date of the liberation of the concentration camp in 1945, are remembered for the more than 10,000 victims left by Nazism in our country.

May 5: Day of Tribute to the deported and deceased Spaniards in Mauthausen

On May 5, the more than 10,000 Spaniards who suffered the most horrible torture and humiliation are remembered, as well as the most brutal dehumanization and the most bloody death in the infernal Nazi concentration camp of Mauthausen and in all the others built by Nazi Germany .

The data and figures known so far maintain that around 5,000 thousand lost their lives in this field, others were deported to other fields and only 2,335 Spaniards left this place alive. Currently, only very few are left alive.

The Day of Tribute to the deported and deceased Spaniards in Mauthausen, although it was approved since 2015, had not been celebrated until a couple of years ago when the Pedro Sánchez government took up the proposal to commemorate this day.

Unlike other European countries, in Spain , the Day of Tribute to the deported and deceased Spaniards in Mauthausen , is a celebration that takes place annually.