Testimony of Carles Vallejo, Interview with Luis Martín- Cabrera and Elize Mazadiego; July 14, 2010
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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 Vallejo, Carles Martín Cabrera, Luis Mazadiego, Elize
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Vallejo, Carles
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Carles Vallejo recuenta la represión que su familia soportó durante la Guerra Civil y la dictadura Franquista. Carles cuenta que su padre fue miembro de las Juventudes Comunistas en Madrid y la Confederación Nacional del Trabajo en Barcelona. Describe su propia participación política a temprana edad en los Boy Scouts y el Sindicato Democrático de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Barcelona, y su militancia posterior en las JC y la Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO). Carles narra que en 1970 empezó a trabajar para SEAT y se unió al movimiento obrero. Detalla su activismo en el Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (Partido Socialista Unificado de Cataluña). Carles explica que fue arrestado y encarcelado en la Cárcel Modelo, especificando la tortura a la que fue sujeto y los efectos que su encarcelamiento tuvo sobre su familia. Nota que fue arrestado una vez más tras ser dejado en libertad y después continuó su militancia política clandestinamente. Carles relata su exilio en Francia donde trabajó con la delegación francesa de CCOO, y en Italia donde colaboró con los Brigadistas Italianos Internacionales y el Partido Comunista de Italia. Habla sobre entrar en contacto con la comunidad española en el exilio y regresar a Barcelona en 1976. Carles comenta sobre la Transición y la recuperación de la memoria histórica. Carles Vallejo recounts the repression his family endured during the Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship. Carles notes that his father was a member of the Juventudes Comunistas (Communist Youth, JC) in Madrid and the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Labor Confederation) in Barcelona. He describes his own early political involvement with the Boy Scouts and the Sindicato Democrático de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Barcelona (Democratic Students' Union of the University of Barcelona), and his subsequent militancy in the JC and the Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (Trade Union Confederation of Labor Commissions, CCOO). Carles tells of working for SEAT and joining the workers' movement in 1970. He details his activism in the Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia). Carles relates being arrested and imprisoned in the Modelo Prison, specifying the torture he endured and the effects of his incarceration on his family. He explains that he was arrested again after his release and later continued his political activity clandestinely. Carles speaks of going into exile in France where he worked with the French delegation of CCOO, and in Italy where he collaborated with the Italian International Brigades and the Communist Party of Italy. He discusses connecting with the Spanish community in exile and returning to Barcelona in 1976. Carles comments on the Transition and the recuperation of historical memory Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Interviews in Spanish Carles Vallejo's testimony was recorded in the Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras in Barcelona, Spain Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship Vallejo, Carles. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2010 Barcelona, Spain :, Spanish Civil War Memory Project, 2010
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moving image
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5 video files : digital, sound, color
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ark:/20775/bb53595976
Language
Spanish
Subject
Personal narratives-Spanish Exiles Interviews Oral history Communism History Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Nonfiction films Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (Spain) Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya Spain France Madrid (Spain) Barcelona (Spain) Catalonia (Spain)
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Spain France Madrid (Spain) Barcelona (Spain) Catalonia (Spain)
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