Testimony of Clotilde Vega, Interview with Jessica Cordova and Jodi Eisenberg; July 3 and 8, 2009
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Cordova, Jessica Eisenberg, Jodi Vega, Clotilde 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
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Vega, Clotilde
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Clotilde Vega nació en una familia Republicana. Clotilde recuenta que durante la Guerra Civil, fue evacuada de Madrid junto con otros treinta y cinco niños. Detalla su jornada, encabezada por una maestra, a Barcelona y después a través de los Pirineos a pie en el invierno. Se hospedaron en un cine en Francia y luego viajaron en tren a Bélgica, donde primero estuvieron en un hotel para obreros ferroviarios y después fueron adoptados por familias Belgas. Su migración duró cuatro semanas. En 1945, Clotilde regresó a Madrid por tres años. Describe las agobiantes condiciones de vida bajo la dictadura Franquista. Clotilde regresó a España por segunda vez para casarse con su prometido Belga y posteriormente se mudaron para el Congo Belga. Narra sus años de residencia en la colonia y nota su eventual regreso a España. Clotilde se ha mantenido en contacto con aquellos con quien fue evacuada. Se dedica a hablar de sus experiencias y los efectos que la Guerra Civil ha tenido sobre su vida y las vidas de sus familiares, incluyendo a su tío quien estuvo en la clandestinidad por ser enemigo de la Falange. Clotilde comenta sobre la política española e internacional y la posibilidad de mantener la esperanza viva en el presente. Clotilde Vega was born to Republican parents. Clotilde recounts that during the Civil War, she was evacuated from Madrid along with thirty-five other children. She details their trajectory, led by a schoolteacher, to Barcelona and subsequently across the Pyrenees on foot during the winter. They lodged in a cinema in France and afterward traveled by train to Belgium, where they first stayed at a hotel for rail workers and then were adopted by Belgian families. Their migration lasted four weeks. In 1945, Clotilde returned to Madrid for three years. She describes the stifling conditions of life under the Francoist dictatorship. Clotilde returned to Spain a second time to marry her Belgian fiancé and after that they moved to the Belgian Congo. She narrates their years in residence in the colony and notes her eventual return to Spain. Clotilde has maintained contact with those with whom she was evacuated. She is dedicated to speaking about her experiences and the effects that the Civil War has had on her life and the lives of her family members, including her uncle who was in hiding for being an enemy of the Falange. Clotilde discusses Spanish and international politics and the possibility of maintaining hope alive in the present Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship Clotilde Vega's testimony was recorded in her apartment in Málaga Interviews in Spanish Vega, Clotilde. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2009 Málaga, Spain :, Spanish Civil War Memory Project, 2009
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moving image
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6 video files : digital, sound, color
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb2185505p
Language
Spanish
Subject
Nonfiction films Personal narratives-Spanish Interviews History Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Oral history France Madrid (Spain) Spain Barcelona (Spain)
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