Who were the women political prisoners? How did they resist in prison? How did they endure, and who supported them? This exhibition seeks to better understand these aspects through their life stories and the immense legacy of resistance to the dictatorship. Women resisted the dictatorship on all fronts. Some went underground, living apart from their families and children for years on end. Many others were arrested and tortured, some along with their children. Others went into exile and fled a regime that persecuted them. They built powerful networks of solidarity, and thousands opened the doors of their homes, generously welcoming and supporting anti-fascists and their families.

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of independence by exploring the museum’s archive, and trying to generate more anti-colonial and anti-racist thinking and action, abolishing all forms of violence.

The Aljube Museum Resistance and Freedom seeks to evoke and honor all those who resisted. In this space, the mortal victims of the Military Dictatorship and the Estado Novo between 1926 and 1974 deserve special mention, telling a little of their stories and, whenever possible, showing their faces.