Witness History: Witness Archive 2017 - The Atocha Lawyers Massacre in Spain

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In January 1977, fascist gunmen killed five people at a left-wing law firm in Atocha Street, Madrid. The murder was a turning-point in Spain's transition to democracy. Simon Watts talks to Alejandro Ruiz-Huerta Carbonell, the last survivor of the killings.

(Photo: A monument to the Atocha Street Lawyers in Madrid. Credit: Getty Images)

Published on Tuesday, 24th January 2017.

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