Testimony of Carmen Rodríguez Campoamor, interview with Scott Boehm and Miriam Duarte; April 20, 2009
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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 Boehm, Scott Duarte, Miriam University of California, San Diego Rodríguez Campoamor, Carmen
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Rodríguez Campoamor, Carmen
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Rodríguez Campoamor was born in Madrid on September 12, 1920. Her father was a laborer and a member of the Communist Party. He fought on the republican side and died during the Spanish Civil War. Carmen joined the Communist Party at the age of sixteen. After the war she engaged in underground political work. She was detained and spent a month and a half at Ventas, a prison for women. Her husband was detained later and was incarcerated for seven years, finally released in 1959. Her daughter was detained twice: the first time when she was only seventeen having protested for her father's release, for which she was expelled from her university. The second time she was arrested the daughter was incarcerated at Carabanchel. Rodríguez still attends Communist Party meetings Rodríguez Campoamor nació en Madrid el 12 de septiembre de 1920. Su padre, que era obrero y miembro del Partido Comunista, luchó del lado republicano y murió en la Guerra Civil Española. A los dieciséis años Carmen se unió al Partido Comunista. Al terminar la guerra se dedicó al trabajo político clandestino. Fue detenida y paso un mes y medio en Ventas, una prisión para mujeres. Mas tarde su esposo fue detenido y encarcelado por siete años, finalmente liberado en 1959. Su hija fue detenida en dos ocasiones: la primera vez cuando tenia apenas diecisiete años, por haber protestado por la liberación de su padre, por lo que fue expulsada de la Universidad. La seguna vez que fue arestada su hija fue encarcelada en Carabanchel. Rodríquez aún asiste a reuniones del partido. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Interviews in Spanish Rodríguez's testimony was recorded in Madrid Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship Rodríguez Campoamor, Carmen. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2009 Madrid, Spain : Spanish Civil War Memory Project
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moving image
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3 video files : digital, sound, color
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ark:/20775/bb29021527
Language
Spanish
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Personal narratives-Spanish Communism Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Political prisoners Interviews Nonfiction films History Oral history Ventas (Prison : Madrid, Spain) Cárcel de Carabanchel (Madrid, Spain) Partido Comunista de España Spain Madrid (Spain)
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