Gregorio Sanz, the Eloquent Teacher

Abstract

Gregorio Sanz García (1900-1997) taught at the Pedro Murias Foundation school (Vilaframil-Ribadeo), the public school of San Pedro de Benquerencia (Barreiros) and the secondary school in Ribadeo. His strong commitment to the revolutionary project of the Second Spanish Republic and his leftist ideology caused him to be barred from teaching during the purge of the teaching profession (1937) and sentenced to 20 years in prison after a trial by court martial (1938). His defense of the public school system, which he preferred to call the «national school» occupied a key position throughout his career.