Carlos Romero Giménez

Carlos Romero Giménez
Colonel Carlos Romero Giménez
Born(1890-11-07)7 November 1890
Died11 September 1978(1978-09-11) (aged 87)
Buried
ashes spread half in Mexico and half in Puente de los Franceses (Madrid), Spain
Allegiance Kingdom of Spain (1908–1931)
Spanish Republic (1931–1939)
French Resistance
BranchSpanish Army
Spanish Republican Army
Service years1908–1939
RankColonel
Commands4.ª Brigada Mixta,
6.ª División
II Cuerpo del Ejército
XIII Cuerpo del Ejército
ConflictsRif War
Spanish Civil War

World War II

AwardsLaureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand
Medal of Courage
Other workHuman rights advocate, Writer

Carlos Romero Giménez, sometimes misspelled Jiménez, (7 November 1890 – 11 September 1978) was a Spanish soldier loyal to the Spanish Republic, and one of the most prominent figures in the Siege of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. Subsequently, a member of the French Resistance, he fought the Nazi occupation from Bordeaux as part of the Maquis. He was President of the Spanish League for Human Rights.