Red and Black Column
Columna Roja y Negra
Country	Spanish Republic
Allegiance	CNT
Branch	Confederal militias
Type	Militia
Role	Home defense
Size	1,500
Garrison/HQ	Sipan, Igriés
Engagements	Spanish Civil War: Aragon front
Commanders
Notable commanders	García Pradas, Luis Jiménez Pajarero

The Red and Black Column was the fifth militia column organized by the CNT-FAI in Barcelona to send to the Aragon front. Its incorporation took place in mid-September, in the Province of Huesca as a reinforcement to the anarchist Ascaso and Harriers columns.

According to Alberto Bayo, the contingent formed with "militiamen from the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, a century of foreigners, young people from Estat Català, from the National Confederation of Labor, from the Republican Left of Catalonia, Acció Catalana and the Iberian Anarchist Federation".^[1]

References

Bibliography

• Torralba Coronas, Pedro. From Ayerbe to Red and Black. 127 Mixed Brigade . Barcelona, 1980.
• Rodrigo, Antonina. "María Lejárraga: a woman in the shade". Barcelona, 2005
• Josep Massot i Muntaner. 'Of war and exile: Mallorca, Montserrat, France, Mexico, 1936-1975' . Barcelona, 2000
• Pedreira, Josep. Catalan soldiers in the Red and Black (1936-1939) . Barcelona, 2003

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