page_title: Rafael Gómez Nieto
hierarchical_section_title: Rafael Gómez Nieto
caption_attribution_description: Español: El Ayuntamiento de Madrid rinde homenaje a los combatientes de ‘La Nueve’ con un jardín que llevará su nombre La alcaldesa de Madrid, Manuela Carmena, y la de París, Anne Hidalgo, asistieron a la inauguración donde se descubrió una placa conmemorativa. En el acto participó el único miembro vivo de “La Nueve”, Rafael Gómez, además de diversos familiares de los integrantes del escuadrón. Manuela Carmena ha insistido en la necesidad de honrar la memoria histórica y ha señalado que “la libertad, la igualdad y la fraternidad son valores necesarios para el futuro de la humanidad”.
context_page_description: Rafael Gómez Nieto was a Spanish soldier. He was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War and World War II. He was born in Adra, Andalusia. He fought with "Lleva del Biberó" and was part of the Battle of the Ebro with Spanish Republican Army.
  After the war, he went to France where he was kept in the Saint-Cyprien camp. Four months later he was able to reach Algeria with his father, who was in the Argelés internment camp. After the invasion of North Africa by the Allies during World War II, he became part of the 9th Company of the 2nd Armored Division that.
  He died on 31 March 2020 in a nursing home in Strasbourg from COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic. He was the last living survivor of La Nueve.
context_section_description: Rafael Gómez Nieto (17 January 1921 – 31 March 2020) was a Spanish soldier. He was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War and World War II. He was born in Adra, Andalusia. He fought with "Lleva del Biberó" and was part of the Battle of the Ebro with Spanish Republican Army.
  After the war, he went to France where he was kept in the Saint-Cyprien camp. Four months later he was able to reach Algeria with his father, who was in the Argelés internment camp. After the invasion of North Africa by the Allies during World War II, he became part of the 9th Company (La Nueve) of the 2nd Armored Division that. 
  He died on 31 March 2020 in a nursing home in Strasbourg (France) from COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic. He was the last living survivor of La Nueve.
caption: Gómez Nieto in 2017
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