A-Infos (en) Obituary: DIEGO GIMÉNEZ MORENO (1911-2010)

On june 6 2010, Diego Giménez Moreno, veteran of the Spanish Civil War, has passed away in 
the city of São Paulo, Brazil. He was 99 years old and had Parkinson's syndrome. Diego 
Giménez was born in april 10 1911 in Jumilla, Murcia, and entered the Spanish anarchist 
movement after the death of his father, when he was 17. Through the Federación Ibérica de 
Juventudes Libertárias he got in touch with the ideas of libertarian naturism, adopting 
vegetarianism and drug-free living. In 1931, Diego joined the CNT and became the secretary 
of the local Syndicate of Graphical Arts. Five years later, he would participate in the 
most successful event in anarchist history, the Spanish Revolution, joining the legendary 
Columna Durruti in the fight against fascism. After the defeat of the popular front to the 
Fracoist forces, Diego was arrested and sent to the concentration camp of Mauthausen, 
Austria, from which he managed to escape to France. He moved to São Paulo in 1942 and 
became a militant of the local anarchist groups Sociedade Naturista Amigos de Nossa 
Chácara (Friends of Our Farm Naturist Society) and Centro de Cultura Social (Center of 
Social Culture).


Diego was very dear to the Brazilian anarchist movement. His speeches on the civil war and 
his defense of minimal consumption and sobriety had a huge influence on younger and older 
anarchists and anarcho-syndicalists. Some of his thoughts can be found in the books 
Mauthausen: Campo de Concentração e de Extermínio, Três Depoimentos Libertários, and 
Anarquistas: Ética e Antologia de Existências. Diego also wrote articles to the French 
anarchist journal Le Combat Syndicaliste. The history of his struggle remains an 
inspiration to the entire movement. His experience, moral strength, and character will be 
missed.


We must give up today's unhealthy behaviors. We are not defending our interests, but those 
of the capital. We must be like the snake who gets rid of her old skin in order to have a 
new one.

Diego Giménez Moreno


You can read an interview Diego Giménez gave to FOSP/COB-AIT here:

http://fosp.anarkio.net/cmanarca/Entrevista_Diego_Gimenez_Moreno.pdf (In portuguese)

SINDIVÁRIOS-SP-FOSP/COB-ACAT/AIT
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