Testimony of Francisco González Vicente, Interview with Scott Boehm and Miriam Duarte; February 26, March 3, and March 4, 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 González Vicente, Francisco Boehm, Scott Duarte, Miriam University of California, San Diego
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Francisco González Vicente nació en 1936 en La Peraleja, Cuenca. Francisco recuerda su infancia. Recuenta que visitó a su padre y a otros familiares, incluyendo a Angustias Martínez Vicente, en varias cárceles de Cuenca y Madrid. Francisco relata que se involucró en actividades políticas clandestinas organizadas por el Partido Comunista de España en los años 1950. Cuenta que viajó a Praga para asistir al congreso del Partido Comunista Internacional en 1959. Francisco explica que al regresar a Madrid, fue detenido por distribuir propaganda, fue llevado a la Dirección General de Seguridad (DGS), y fue trasladado a la cárcel de Carabanchel. Nota que pocos días después, lo regresaron a la DGS por su participación en la reunión en Praga. Francisco habla sobre su encarcelamiento de tres años en las prisiones de Carabanchel, Burgos, y Valladolid. Francisco González Vicente was born in 1936 in La Peraleja , Cuenca. Francisco recalls his childhood. He recounts visiting his father and other family members, including Angustias Martínez Vicente, in various prisons in Cuenca and Madrid. Francisco relates becoming involved in underground anti-Francoist political activities organized by the Spanish Communist Party in the 1950s. He tells of traveling to the International Communist Party meeting in Prague in 1959. Francisco explains that upon returning to Madrid, he was detained for distributing propaganda, was taken to the Dirección General de Seguridad (General Security Directorate, DGS), and was placed in the Carabanchel Prison. He notes that a few days later, he was returned to the DGS because of his participation in the Prague meeting. Francisco discusses his three-year incarceration in the Carabanchel, Burgos, and Valladolid prisons Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Interviews in Spanish Francisco González Vicente's testimony was recorded in his home in Madrid Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship González Vicente, Francisco. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, [year Madrid, Spain : Spanish Civil War Memory Project 2009
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moving image
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9 video files : digital, sound, color
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ark:/20775/bb33117147
Language
Spanish
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Oral history Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Communism History Nonfiction films Interviews Personal narratives-Spanish Cárcel de Carabanchel (Madrid, Spain) Partido Comunista de España International Communist Party Spain Madrid (Spain) Burgos (Spain) Cuenca (Spain)
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Spain Madrid (Spain) Burgos (Spain) Cuenca (Spain)
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