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Title
Testimony of Luis Berlinches, Interview with Scott Bohem and Jessica Plautz; January 20, 2009
Contributor
Bohem, Scott
Plautz, Jessica
University of California, San Diego
Asociación de Ex-presos y Represaliados Políticos
Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica
Federación Estatal de Foros por la Memoria
Berlinches, Luis
Date Created and/or Issued
January 20, 2009
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Spanish Civil War Memory Project
Rights Information
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Berlinches, Luis
Description
Luis Berlinches nació en 1927. Luis recuenta que era un niño durante la Guerra Civil y describe los bombardeos de Madrid, la falta de alimentos, y las dificultades que su familia sufrió. Recuerda que su familia pasó mucha hambre durante la posguerra. Luis comenta que su madre venía de una familia Republicana. Señala el ver cómo los Fascistas se llevaban al hermano de su madre que había estado escondido en su casa, como el primer contacto que tuvo con el poder dictatorial. Luis destaca que en 1944 empezó a trabajar en un taller de orfebrería. Narra que se incorporó a las Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas y junto con otros jóvenes del barrio empezó a llevar a cabo una serie de actuaciones para luchar contra Franco. Luis relata que a resultado de esas actuaciones fue detenido en la comisaría de Cuatro Caminos, interrogado en la Dirección General de Seguridad, encarcelado en Alcalá de Henares por nueve meses, enjuiciado en Carabanchel, y encarcelado en Burgos en 1946. Detalla la vida en Burgos, notando la solidaridad entre los presos y la educación política y cultural que desarrollaron. Luis cuenta que salió en libertad condicional en 1952 y regresó a Madrid. Explica que encontró empleo pero le echaron cuando se supo que había estado en la cárcel. Luis habla sobre la Transición, la Ley de Memoria Histórica, y el nuevo gobierno.
Luis Berlinches was born in 1927. Luis recounts being a child during the Civil War and describes the bombardments of Madrid, the food shortages, and the difficulties his family endured. He remembers that his family experienced considerable hunger during the postwar. Luis comments that his mother belonged to a Republican family. He identifies seeing how the Fascists captured his mother's brother who had been hiding in their home, as his first contact with the dictatorial power. Luis recalls that he began working in a goldsmith shop in 1944. He narrates joining the Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas (Unified Socialist Youth) and carrying out a series of acts of resistance against Franco with other youth from his neighborhood. Luis relates that as a result of those acts he was detained in the Cuatro Caminos police station, interrogated in the Dirección General de Seguridad (General Security Directorate), jailed in Alcalá de Henares for nine months, tried in Carabanchel, and jailed in Burgos in 1946. He details life in Burgos, noting the solidarity amongst the prisoners and the political and cultural education they developed. Luis tells of being released on provisional liberty in 1952 and returning to Madrid. He explains that he found employment but was fired after it became known that he had been in jail. Luis discusses the Transition, the Law of Historical Memory, and the new government
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
Interviews in Spanish
Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship
Luis Berlinches' testimony was recorded in Madrid
Berlinches, Luis. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2009
Madrid, Spain : Spanish Civil War Memory Project 2009
Type
moving image
Format
3 video files : digital, sound, color
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb1400434s
Language
Spanish
Subject
Nonfiction films
Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939)
Personal narratives-Spanish
Political prisoners
Interviews
Oral history
History
Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas
Madrid (Spain)
Burgos (Spain)
Spain
Place
Madrid (Spain)
Burgos (Spain)
Spain

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