[The Soviet hammer and sickle]

LEÓN TROTSKI
28 DE OCTUBRE DE 1879 - 21 DE AGOSTO DE 1940

NATALIA SEDOVA
5 DE ABRIL DE 1882 - 23 DE ENERO DE 1962.

The tombstone commemorates the communist leader Leon Trotsky, one of the leaders of the Russian revolution and the founder of the Red Army. Trotsky was exiled by Stalin, and eventually arrived in Mexico City. There he was murdered in his home by an assassin sent by Stalin.
The second name that appears on the tombstone is that of Natalia Sedova, Leon Trotsky’s wife

The headstone is in the museum where his house was, with Trotsky’s name on it, and the Soviet hammer and sickle.

The tombstone designed by Juan O’Gorman was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

A plaque in the museum pays tribute to the 44th President of Mexico Lazaro Cardenas, who granted political asylum to Trotsky
IN MEMORIAM

GRAL.LÁZARO CÁRDENAS DEL RÍO (PRESIDENTE DE MEXICO 1934-1940)

QUIEN AL OTORGAR EL ASILO A LEÓN TROTSKY Y SU FAMILIA SUPO MOSTRAR LA IMPERECEDERA HOSPITALIDAD DEL PUEBLO MEXICANO.

CON GRATITUD, LOS DESCENDIENTES DE LEÓN TROTSKY.
[translation]
IN MEMORY

GENERAL LÁZARO CÁRDENAS DEL RÍO (PRESIDENT OF MEXICO 1934-1940)

WHO BY GRANTING ASYLUM TO LEÓN TROTSKY AND HIS FAMILY KNEW HOW TO SHOW THE ENDURGEOUS HOSPITALITY OF THE MEXICAN PEOPLE.

WITH GRATITUDE, THE DESCENDANTS OF LEÓN TROTSKY.
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