People
Estêvão Giro
1937–1962
Estêvão José Dangues Giro
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.
- Born
- 1937, Alcochete
- Died
- 1 May 1962, Lisbon (Rua da Madalena / Largo do Caldas)
Biography
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
Places
Dates
1 May 1962
May Day 1962 in Lisbon’s Baixa
Walks
Notes on the sources2
- The day of birth: the Aljube Museum gives only the year, 1937, and says he was 25 when he died, on 1 May 1962 — which requires a birth on or before 1 May 1937.
- The exact spot where he fell: on Rua da Madalena or in Largo do Caldas.
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Sources3
- 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
- 3Estêvão José Dangues Giro. Memória Comum – Memorial aos Presos e Perseguidos Políticos — consulted on 4 October 2026Com o testemunho presencial de Adalberto Ribeiro, conta que caiu baleado no Largo e Rua da Madalena e que outros manifestantes o levaram para o posto médico das traseiras da Associação dos Empregados do Comércio, no Largo do Caldas, onde chegou já morto.