"The Desecration of the Dead is a Declaration of War against the Living Part II: The Majadahonda Monolith"
A vandalized monument dedicated to fallen Romanian volunteer fighters in the Spanish Civil War is under the threat of demolition by the the local Spanish government.
The Majadahonda Monument was built in 1970 and is dedicated to Romanian volunteer fighters Ion I. Mota and Vasile Marin who aided the Francoist Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War against the communists. The monument is a large stone pillar with a cross placed in front of arches shaped like two letter "M"s which are stylized initials representing the two heroes commemorated. The monument is erected where the two men died. At the base of the monument reads:
>"Mota y Homenaje of Ion Marin. Caídos por Dios, España y Rumania"
Translated as:
>"Tribute to Ion Mota and Marin, fallen for God, Spain and Romania"
Both men were politicians and members of the Legionnaire Movement. In December of 1936, Marin, along with Ion Moța, led a small force of Legionnaires into Spain during the Spanish Civil War to present a ceremonial sword to the survivors of the Siege of the Alcázar and announce the alliance of the Iron Guard with Nationalist Spain; they also decided to enlist after given permission from Iron Guard leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu. The two men died on the first day of fighting on the Madrid Front. Their funerals in Bucharest (February 13 1937) were an immense and orderly procession attended by the ministers of National Socialist Germany, Fascist Italy, Francisco Franco's Spain, as well as representatives of Portugal, the Empire of Japan, and delegates of the Polish Patriotic Youth.
The site has become a pilgrimage for Nationalists across Europe who pay respects every year on the date the two men died.
Recently, the local government has issued a motion to demolish the site before the end of 2015. The motion was submitted by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and was approved by progressive leftist party Councillors from Citizens, We Are Majadahonda and United Left. The more Conservative Councillors of The People's Party and The Centrist Party abstained from the vote. As usual, #ConservativesDoNotConserve. Their excuse given was that the land the monument is built upon is private property yet this didn't stop the Marxists from dictating that the monument be demolished. The abstention is pure cowardice in the face of a leftist opposition which in future will happily put them all up against walls.
In an effort to prevent demolition, a local group has set up a fundraiser to erect a fence around the monument. As of now, the monument is open to the public but with a fence, it would become defacto private, hopefully preventing demolition. The group has a Facebook page which we suggest our readers follow and support:
"Majadahonda monument to the fallen Ion Mota and Vasile Marin":
https://www.facebook.com/Monumento-de-Majadahonda-a-los-ca%C3%ADdos-Ion-Mota-y-Vasile-Mar%C3%ADn-711941465511988/