São Nicolau is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. ...
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Tarrafal de Monte Trigo, a parish in the island of Santo Antão
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TARRAFAL (Camp of the Slow Death) was a concentration camp in Cape Verde Islands, then a Portuguese Colony, set up by the Fascist dictator Salazar before the Second World War (1936) where anti-fascist opponents of this right-wing regime were sent. At least 32 Anarchists, Communists and other Salazar's opponents died in that camp. The camp was kept open until 1954 but in the 70's it was re-opened again to jail African leaders fighting Portuguese colonialism. Santo Antão (Portuguese for Saint Anthony) is the westernmost and largest of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. ...
Despite the beauty of its beach, Tarrafal is infamous due to its former Concentration Camp.
The Portuguese colonial-fascist regime built near the town of Tarrafal a Concentration Camp where many opponents to the regime were imprisoned, tortured and many died.
The victims of Tarrafal prison were both antifascist, democratic Portuguese activists and African members of liberation movements in the Portuguese colonies.
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