Obituary Delfina Tomás (1932 – 2025)

24. September 2025

With deep sorrow we learned of Delfina Tomás’ death in early May 2025, after she had dedicated her entire life to fighting for freedom and preserving the memory of those who had fought for it.
At the age of seven, she went into exile with her family and lived in very harsh conditions until she was able to stabilize her situation, which enabled her to pursue an academic education. In the 1950s, she came into contact with the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) and settled near Vienna with her husband Joan Lipp, a Mauthausen survivor. As a member of the Communist Party of Austria, she participated in its youth activities and began working as a secretary and translator for the FIR in 1959. Later, she worked as a translator for the World Peace Council. She met survivors of the Mauthausen camp, translated the inscription on the memorial to the Spanish Republicans of Mauthausen into German, and, after her return to Barcelona in 1977, maintained a long-standing connection with the Amical de Mauthausen y otros campos y de todas las víctimas del nazismo de España.
In October 2021 and at the FIR Congress in October 2023 in Barcelona, she was honored for her work and commitment with the Michel Vanderborght Award and as a member of the Honorary Presidency of the FIR.

We express our condolence to her family and her comrades in arms.