Testimony of Gregorio Ortiz Ricoll, interview with Luis Martín-Cabrera and Andrea Davis, July 16, 2008
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Asociación de Ex-presos y Represaliados Políticos Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica Federación Estatal de Foros por la Memoria Davis, Andrea Martín Cabrera, Luis Ortiz Ricoll, Gregorio University of California, San Diego
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Ortiz Ricoll, Gregorio
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Gregorio Ortiz Ricoll nació en 1922 en Regás, Galicia. Gregorio recuerda que peleó en el lado Nacionalista durante la Guerra Civil. Describe a su familia como Católica y de derecha. Gregorio cuenta que después de la guerra estudió leyes. Detalla su creciente consternación ante el régimen de Franco, lo cual eventualmente motivó su participación en la formación de la primer célula Comunista en Segovia. La célula organizó un atentado fallido de asesinar a Franco en 1948, por el cual Gregorio estuvo encarcelado en Ocaña y Dueso por cuatro años. Después de ser dejado en libertad, participó en actividades políticas como la organización de una célula Comunista de abogados en la escuela de leyes. Gregorio explica que fue detenido el 15 de febrero de 1960, por su participación en congresos Comunistas en Europa en 1959 y 1960. Relata que fue torturado enfrente de su esposa y estuvo detenido en la cárcel de Carabanchel por seis meses antes de ser encarcelado en la Prisión de Burgos por seis años. Gregorio recuenta su vida en la cárcel, notando la organización política y las luchas de los prisioneros. Comenta sobre el asesinato de Grimau y los juicios de Granados y Delgado. Gregorio presenta minuciosos análisis políticos de la transición a la democracia y del Partido Comunista de España, específicamente su participación y papel después de la guerra así como su institucionalización durante la transición. Gregorio Ortiz Ricoll was born in 1922 in Regás, Galicia. Gregorio recalls fighting on the Nationalist side during the Civil War. He describes his family as being Catholic and on the right. Gregorio tells of studying law after the war. He details his increasing dismay with the Franco regime, which eventually led to his participation in the formation of the first Communist cell in Segovia. This cell organized a failed attempt to assassinate Franco in 1948, for which Gregorio was imprisoned in Ocaña and Dueso for four years. After his release, he became involved in political activities such as the organization of a cell of Communist lawyers within the law school. Gregorio speaks of being detained on February 15, 1960, for his participation in Communist congresses throughout Europe in 1959 and 1960. He relates being tortured in front of his wife and sent to the Carabanchel Prison for six months before being sent to the Burgos Prison for the next six years. Gregorio recounts life in prison, noting the political organization and struggles of the prisoners. He comments on the assassination of Grimau and the trials of Granados and Delgado. Gregorio provides in depth political analyses of the transition to democracy and of the Communist Party of Spain, specifically its participation and role after the war as well as its institutionalization during the transition 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 Interviews in Spanish Gregorio Ortiz Ricoll's testimony was recorded in the Madrid office of the Asociación de Ex-presos y Represaliados Políticos Antifranquistas (Association of Former Political Prisoners and Anti-Francoist Fighters) Ortiz Ricoll, Gregorio. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2008 Madrid, Spain, Spanish Civil War Memory Project, 2008
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moving image
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4 video files : digital, sound, color
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ark:/20775/bb2219493w
Language
Spanish
Subject
Nonfiction films Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Political prisoners Personal narratives-Spanish Communism Oral history Interviews History Spain Burgos (Spain)
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