What is Buenaventura Durruti?
[[Image:Buenaventura Durruti, 1936 (colorized).png|thumb|Durruti in 1936]] '''José''' '''Buenaventura Durruti Dumange''' (14 July 1896 &#x2013; 20 November 1936) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[anarchy|anarchist]] leader. He was [[birth|born]] in the town of [[León, Spain|León]]. Durruti was a central figure of Spanish anarchism during the [[Spanish Civil War|country's]] [[civil war]] of 1936-1939.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=idw0DQAAQBAJ|title=The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives|date=12 October 2016|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=9781483359885|editor-last1=Joseph|editor-first1=Paul|publication-place=Thousand Oaks, California|page=63|chapter=Anarchism|quote=Durruti is remembered as a hero, an anarchist militant, and a revolutionary armed fighter against fascism, willing to wage war to foster a worker-controlled anarchist society.|access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref> He fought against [[fascism]]. He robbed banks to use the money to help his friends escape prison.<ref>[http://www.theyliewedie.org/ressources/biblio/en/Unknown_-_The_Hiddens_Wanderings_of_Durruti.html The Hiddens Wanderings of Durruti]</ref> It is believed that he killed the [[bishop]] [[Juan Soldevilla]]. Some anarchists believed Soldevilla helped people who murdered people in [[trades union|labor unions]]. He died in Madrid when he was killed by a person using a gun during the [[Spanish Civil War]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Durruti, Buenaventura}} [[Category:1896 births]] [[Category:1936 deaths]] [[Category:Assassins]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm]] [[Category:Military people killed in action]] [[Category:Spanish anarchists]] [[Category:Spanish Civil War]]