Gabriel León Trilla
| Gabriel León Trilla | |
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| Born |
3 August 1899 Valladolid, Spain |
| Died | 6 September 1945 (aged 46) Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Communist leader |
| Known for | Assassinated |
Gabriel León Trilla (3 August 1899 – 6 September 1945) was a Spanish communist leader who was one of the founders of the Spanish Communist Party while in exile in Paris in the 1920s. He was expelled from the party in 1932 for supporting the Republican government, but was readmitted at the start of the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). During World War II (1939–45) he helped organize Spanish refugees in Spain as members of the French Resistance, then moved to Spain where he ran an underground newspaper. He was assassinated in 1945 on orders of the Communist Party of Spain on the grounds that his independent actions had endangered other communists.
Gabriel León Trilla was born in Valladolid in 1899. His father was an army colonel. He studied in Valladolid and Madrid, and earned a degree in humanities. He joined the Group of Socialist Students (Grupo de Estudiantes Socialistas, GES), which decided to support the Third International in October 1919. He moved to France in 1921 to avoid being drafted for the war in Morocco, and in Paris became one of the leaders of the Spanish communists. For a period he sympathized with Leon Trotsky.
In 1924 Trilla became head of the secretariat of the Spanish communist groups in France. In 1925 Trilla was one of three leaders of the party. José Bullejos was secretary general, Trilla was secretary of agitation and propaganda and Luis Portela was organization secretary. Trilla represented the Communist Party of Spain (Partido Comunista de España, PCE) in the Communist International (Comintern). He married Anastasia Filippovna Barmashova in Moscow. They had two daughters. The first died at the age of six months. The second was born in 1931.
After General José Sanjurjo attempted a coup in Seville in August 1932 the PCE gave its support to the Republic. The Comintern denounced this stand, which it called "opportunism". As a result of this dispute between the PCE and Comintern, Bullejos was expelled from the leadership, as were Trilla, Manuel Adame and Etelvino Vega. Trilla was forced to leave his family behind when he left Moscow. Trilla was readmitted to the PCE in 1936. During the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) he again played a leadership role.
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