Elgoibar’s common graves.

There are 8 mass graves, where 15 people are buried.

These 15 people disappeared after the Francoist uprising.

The Families of the 15 people had difficult to come to turn with their grief.

The murderers weren’t brought to trial.

And the bodies buried were forgotten.

Noone was judged or condemned for what happened.

Seventy years later they are still waiting to be unburied.

Near Azkarate, on the way to Elgoibar.

1. There is one body buried somewhere in the neighbourhood of Madariaga, near the church,
2. There is one body buried somewhere in the Place known as Ameztigaina.
3. There is one body buried somewhere in the Place known as Munokua.
4. There is one body buried somewhere in the Place known as Garamana.
5. There is one body buried somewhere down by the Amezti Baserri(farm).

Near Ziardamendi (Ziardamendi mountain 486m).

6.There are five bodies buried in the north of Ziardamendi.

7.There are four more bodies buried near by _also in the north of Ziardamendi.

8. Another body is buried somewhere right on top of Ziardamendi mountain.

9. In 1982, the bodies of the six gudari (Basque combatants) from the Zubiaur Batallion were unearthed on top of the Ziarmendi mountain and their families were finally able to buried them properly.