FUNDACIÓN VÍCTIMAS DEL TERRORISMO 94 - ENGLISH

32 11M EXHIBITION, CIUDAD REAL institutional support that has en- abled the exhibition to reach Ciudad Real, a new stop on the tour, joining other stops since the exhibition’s initial opening in Madrid, coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of 11M. Vice-Chancellor Amaya Romero con- cluded the speeches by reaffirming the UCLM’s commitment to remembrance and respect for the victims. She noted that the exhibition “challenges us as a community”, recalling the enormous outpouring of solidarity from Span- ish society. She also emphasised that keeping the memory alive is “an act of justice” and a way of preserving demo- cratic values. AN EXHIBITION IN ROUTE: ALBACETE, CUENCA AND TOLEDO, UPCOMING DESTINATIONS Organised into nine thematic sec- tions, accompanied by texts in Spanish and English, the exhibi- tion contextualises each image with labels and captions, and is comple- mented by a video that recounts the events of those days. The material on display comes from the photographic archive of the EFE News Agency, which holds more than 25,000 images relating to the attacks. The ex- hibition’s design and layout were developed by journalists Laura Ca- macho and Sagrario Ortega, who spe- cialise in domestic affairs reporting. After its stop in Ciudad Real, the exhibition will continue its tour through the provinces of Albacete, Cuenca and Toledo, with the aim of bringing the memory of 11 March closer to more citizens. “With this initiative, the organising institutions are renewing their com- mitment to keeping alive the memory of the victims of jihadist terrorism and to strengthening the values of democratic coexistence and solidarity that emerged strongly in the wake of the attacks,” reported the EFE news agency. On 12 April 1985, the first Islamist ter- rorist attack in Spain took place, target- ing the El Descanso restaurant (Barajas district, Madrid), forty years ago now. Eighteen people were killed and more than eighty were injured. Among the fatalities were two women from Cas- tile-La Mancha. But it was on 11 March 2004 that jihad- ists carried out the attack on Madrid’s commuter trains, which has claimed the highest number of fatalities to date on European soil. One hundred and ninety-three people were killed — in- cluding Francisco Javier Torronteras, an officer with the Special Operations Group (GEO) —, among them eighteen people from the region of Castilla-La Mancha In total, according to the book Las víctimas de la yihad ( The Victims of Jihad ), published by Espasa in collab- oration with the Memorial Centre for the Victims of Terrorism Foundation and the Victims of Terrorism Founda- tion, 300 people have lost their lives as a result of jihadist attacks carried out in our country or against Spaniards abroad. Of these, 223 were Spanish nationals, 23 of whom were born in Castilla-La Mancha. They are: FLORENCIO AGUADOROJANO , a native of Tomelloso (Ciudad Real), had moved to Madrid over 30 years ago. He was married and had two children. He worked in construction. The youngest of three siblings, he was 60 years old. MARÍANURIAAPARICIOSOMOLIN- OS, born in La Bodera (Guadalajara); her parents moved to Azuqueca de Henares when she was just two years old. A law- yer, she was the mother of two children. She was 40 years old. TRINIDAD BRAVO SEGOVIA , origi- nally from Malagón (Ciudad Real), lived in Rivas-Vaciamadrid. Married and the mother of two daughters, she worked at the insurance firm La Estrella. She was 41 years old. CIPRIANO CASTILLOMUÑOZ , born in Villamayor de Calatrava (Ciudad Real), moved to San Fernando de Henares. A metalworker and railway works planner at TECSA, he was married and had two children. SARA CENTENERA MONTALVO , from Alovera (Guadalajara), was studying her first year of Physiotherapy at the Pontif- ical University of Comillas. She died at El Pozo station on her way to university. She was 19 years old. VICTIMS OF THE JIHAD FROM CASTILLA-LA MANCHA EDUCATION, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY LIFE