"little taller than a man standing, little longer than a man lying down, little wider than a man sitting down, with a small barred window". Closure Following the revolution of April 25, 1974 and the end of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo, the camp was definitively closed on May 1, 1974. Angolan Joel Pessoa refers to this event stating that "[the] Tarrafal was a prison for life. If it wasn't for the 25th of April we would all die there". Between 1975 and 1985, it served as a recruitment center and military barracks but was abandoned after its closure. In 2009 it was transformed into the Museum of Resistance, and a project is currently underway that aims to apply for UNESCO's World Heritage List. It is the most visited museum in the country, with over 9,000 annual visits. The Resistance Museum is part of the preservation and musealization project of the former Concentration Camp of Tarrafal to give dignity to the site and the memories of the victims. The responsibility of its management and conservation was assigned to the Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (IIPC). Killed in Tarrafal There were 37 political prisoners who died in Tarrafal, 34 Portuguese, one from the Overseas Province of Angola, and two from Portuguese Guinea. The 34 Portuguese dead were only able to have their bodies returned to Portugal after the revolution of April 25, 1974, and the closing of the camp on May 1: Francisco José Pereira: Seaman, 28 (Lisbon, 1909 - Tarrafal September 20, 1937) Pedro de Matos Filipe: Docker, 32 (Almada, 19 June 1905 - Tarrafal, September 20, 1937) Francisco Domingues Quintas: Industrial worker, 48 (Grijó , Vila Nova de Gaia, April 1889 - Tarrafal, September 22, 1937) Rafael Tobias da Silva Pinto: Watchmaker, 26 (Lisbon, 1911 - Tarrafal September 22, 1937) Augusto Costa: Glassmaker (Leiria - Tarrafal, September 22, 1937?) Candido Alves Barja: Seaman, 27 (Castro Verde April 1910 - Tarrafal, 29 (24) September 1937?) Abilio Augusto Belchior: Marble worker, 40 years (1897 - Tarrafal, 29 October 1937?) Francisco do Nascimento Esteves: Mechanical turner, 24 (Lisbon, 1914 - Tarrafal, 21 (29) January 1938?) Arnaldo Simões Januário: Barber, 41 (Coimbra, 1897 - Tarrafal, March 27, 1938) Alfredo Caldeira: Painter decorator, 30 (Lisbon, 1908 - Tarrafal, December 1, 1938) Fernando Alcobia: Newsboy, 24 (Lisbon, 1915 - Tarrafal, December 19, 1939) Jaime da Fonseca e Sousa: Printer, 38 (Tondela, 1902 - Tarrafal,