Testimony of María del Carmen "Carmina" Heras Mesa, interview with Scott Boehm and Guillermo Izquierdo, February, 2, 2009
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Boehm, Scott Izquierdo, Guillermo Heras Mesa, María del Carmen 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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Heras Mesa, María del Carmen
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María del Carmen “Carmina” Heras Mesa nació en 1938 en Madrid. Carmina recuenta que mientras estaba en el vientre de su madre hubo un ataque aéreo en Madrid por parte de los Nacionalistas. Recuerda que durante su niñez le tenía miedo a los ruidos fuertes. Carmina describe a sus padres como apolíticos. Explica que después de la Guerra Civil, su familia fue marcada como “roja” porque no participaban en actividades Fascistas. Carmina cuenta que de niña asistió a una escuela de monjas. Relata que se casó con Luis Rubio Chamorro en 1967. Luis fue capitán del Ejército Republicano durante la guerra y un preso político durante las décadas de 1940 y 1950. Carmina nota que estaba en Alemania en Agosto de 1975 cuando Franco se enfermó. Destaca que muchos alemanes le informaron con entusiasmo que el dictador había muerto. Carmina por lo tanto se considera ser una de las pocas personas que vivió la muerte de Franco dos veces. En los años recientes, Carmina ha cuidado de su esposo y le ha ayudado a recobrar documentación relacionada a sus varias sentencias de prisión. María del Carmen "Carmina" Heras Mesa was born in 1938 in Madrid. Carmina recounts that Madrid was air-raided by the Nationalists while she was in her mother's womb. She recalls being frightened of loud noises throughout her childhood. Carmina describes her parents as apolitical. She explains that after the Civil War, her family was labeled as roja (red) because they did not participate in Fascist activities. Carmina tells that as a child she attended a school run by nuns. She relates marrying Luis Rubio Chamorro in 1967. Luis had been a captain of the Republican Army during the war and a political prisoner during the 1940s and 1950s. Carmina notes that she was in Germany in August 1975 when Franco became ill. She remembers that many Germans enthusiastically informed her that the dictator had died. Carmina thus considers herself to be one of the few people who lived Franco's death twice. In recent years, Carmina has taken care of her husband and has helped him recover documentation related to his various prison sentences 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 María del Carmen "Carmina" Heras Mesa's testimony was recorded in her home in Madrid Heras Mesa, María del Carmen "Carmina." 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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2 video files : digital, sound, color
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ark:/20775/bb52229455
Language
Spanish
Subject
Oral history Nonfiction films Personal narratives-Spanish Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) History Interviews Political prisoners Spain Madrid (Spain) Germany
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