Maria Silva Cruz

Maria Silva Cruz aka 'La Libertaria' Spanish anarchist and popular hero of the Casas Viejas Uprising in Andalusia.

Although there are no records of what happened until her death, she is known to have been shot AT DAWN in the Janda Lagoon on August 24^, 1936

She was later immortalised by Federica Montseny in her book 'María Silva: la libertaria' (1951).