Olmo Gómez Aldaz: The Man They Could Not Erase
This website brings together his story, his achievements and his work against an adoption used to conceal baby trafficking and child theft. The man they could not erase is Olmo Gómez Aldaz, and this is where the full journey begins: what happened, what was documented and what can now be told in his name.
This is the official website of Olmo Gómez Aldaz: a personal, documentary and public project on the judicial restitution of his identity, the recovery of his biological filiation and official recognition by public institutions of the removal he suffered at birth.
What happened to him in 1971 was neither ordinary nor something that should ever have occurred. He was taken and adopted without the legitimate and free consent of his biological parents.
Decades later, he brought that history before the courts. The rulings recognised his biological filiation without annulling the adoptive one and established a situation of dual filiation that is now legally firm. The annulment of the adoption remains an open matter.
“This space is my public response to what happened: a way to explain it, place it in context, and leave a public record of it, because in cases like this, oblivion is an accomplice of the perpetrators of this harm.”
Democratic Memory
Two official recognitions as a victim of Francoism: one by the Government of Spain under Law 20/2022, and another by Gogora–Basque Government under the specific category for minors removed and delivered for adoption without consent in Article 4.2.l of Law 9/2023.
Olmo Gómez Aldaz
Personal trajectory linked to the process of identity restitution and documentary reconstruction of his original name.
The Story
Biographical and historical context explaining the origin of the case and the events that made its narration necessary.
The Legal Claim
Documentation and legal grounds supporting the judicial claim for Olmo Gómez Aldaz’s name and filiation.
Dual Filiation Judgments
Decisions recognising biological filiation without annulling the adoptive one, introducing an unprecedented legal situation.
Work
Critical texts, research work and published documentation on identity, filiation, adoption, memory and documentary restitution.
Books
Publications by Olmo Gómez Aldaz arising from the documentary and judicial process, in their different editions and formats.
Press
Coverage and analysis published in different media outlets regarding the case and its public development.
Media dossier
Structured and chronological list of appearances on television, radio, print media, magazines and news agencies.