Testimony of Miguel Castel Borrell and Lluís Serra Sancho, at Campo de la Bota, interview with Andrea Davis; 200-?
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Davis, Andrea Castel Borrell, Miguel Serra Sancho, Lluís Asociación de Ex-presos y Represaliados Políticos Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica Federación Estatal de Foros por la Memoria University of California, San Diego
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Serra Sancho, Lluís
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Campo de la Bota (Camp de la Bota in Catalan) was the location of a military prison in Barcelona where, during the years 1936-1952, some 1700 people were executed by Franco's army. The videos contain interviews with three men who are part of an association dedicated to preserving the memory of those killed at Campo de la Bota. Included are descriptions of how and where the executions took place, how bodies were installed in common graves, the decades of neglect of the area, and finally the efforts required for placing and maintaining monuments at the site. One of the videos includes the testimonies of two men, Miguel Castel Borrell and Lluís Serra Sancho, whose respective fathers, Miguel Castel Barrabés and Lluís Serra i Giribert, were executed at Campo de la Bota in 1939. The final video records a visit to the Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona, where Buenaventura Durruti and Lluís Companys are buried El Campo de la Bota (Camp de la Bota en catalán) fue el sitio de una prisión militar en Barcelona donde, durante los años 1936-1952, unas 1700 personas fueron ejecutadas por el ejército de Franco. Estos vídeos contienen entrevistas a tres hombres que forman parte de una asociación dedicada a preservar la memoria de los asesinados en el Campo de la Bota. Se incluyen descripciones de cómo y dónde se llevaron a cabo las ejecuciones, cómo se instalaron los cuerpos en las fosas comunes, las décadas de abandono del área y, finalmente, los esfuerzos necesarios para colocar y mantener los monumentos en el sitio. Uno de los vídeos recoge los testimonios de dos hombres, Miguel Castel Borrell y Lluís Serra Sancho, cuyos respectivos padres, Miguel Castel Barrabés y Lluís Serra i Giribert, fueron ejecutados en el Campo de la Bota en 1939. El vídeo final registra una visita al Cementerio de Montjuïc en Barcelona, donde están enterrados Buenaventura Durruti y Lluís Companys. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Testimony was recorded in Barcelona Interviews in Spanish Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship Castel Borrell, Miguel and Lluís Serra Sancho. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, [200-? Barcelona, Spain :, Spanish Civil War Memory Project
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moving image
Format
3 video files : digital, sound, color
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb44380859
Language
Spanish
Subject
Atrocities Oral history Interviews Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) History Personal narratives-Spanish Nonfiction films Campo de la Bota (Barcelona, Spain) Barcelona (Spain) Spain
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