People
Estêvão Giro
Estêvão José Dangues Giro
- Born
- 1937, Alcochete
- Died
- 1 May 1962, Lisbon (Rua da Madalena / Largo do Caldas)
A printer from Alcochete, he was killed by the police at the age of 25, in Lisbon’s Baixa, during the May Day demonstration of 1962.
He was born in Alcochete in 1937. He was a printer, lived in his home town and is thought to have been linked to the PCP.1
On May Day (1 May) 1962, at the height of the student crisis, workers and students demonstrated in Lisbon’s Baixa against the dictatorship. In the area of Rua da Madalena and Largo do Caldas, near the Aljube, the police fired bursts of machine-gun fire at the demonstrators, and Estêvão Giro was fatally hit. He was 25.12
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1 May 1962
May Day 1962 in Lisbon’s Baixa
Notes on the sources2
- The day of birth: the Aljube Museum gives only the year, 1937.
- The exact spot where he fell: on Rua da Madalena or in Largo do Caldas.
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Sources
- 1Estêvão José Dangues Giro (Alcochete, 1937 – Lisboa, 01-05-1962). Museu do Aljube Resistência e Liberdade — consulted on 2 October 2026
- 2Manifestação de apoio a Eurico Figueiredo. Museu do Aljube Resistência e Liberdade (EGEAC) — consulted on 2 October 2026