Testimony of Álvaro Fernández Alonso, Interview with Marcella Navarro and Omar Pimienta; July 21, 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 Navarro, Marcella Pimienta, Omar University of California, San Diego Fernández Alonso, Álvaro
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Álvaro Fernández Alonso was born in Madrid in 1942. He describes 1960s Spain as a concentration camp. He recounts going to Paris at age eighteen, studying at the Sorbonne, and joining the French Communist Student Union and Juventudes Comunistas (Communist Youth). Álvaro relates being detained distributing propaganda in Madrid in 1964, sentenced to thirty-six months in prison, and imprisoned in Carabanchel, Cáceres, and Burgos. He discusses the Bolshevik Revolution, the Communist International, the Spanish guerrillas, the Communist Party of Spain, the anti -Fascist struggle, the Frente Español Democrático Revolucionario Antifascista (Spanish Democratic Revolutionary Anti-Fascist Front), the Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist), and the Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y Patriota (Revolutionary Anti-Fascist and Patriotic Front). Álvaro speaks about Spain in the context of World War II and the Cold War, Franco's politics, the collaboration of the U.S. government and the CIA with Franco's regime, and the reinstitution of the Spanish monarchy. He recalls going to Barcelona in 1967, where the Front Nacional de Catalunya (National Front of Catalonia) helped him live clandestinely and seek refuge in France. He narrates his return to Spain, the death of Julián Grimau, the strong repressions of 1973 and 1975, the Transition, and the executions that the police carried out between 1975-77. Álvaro comments on the Amnesty and Historical Memory laws, contemporary politics, his current militancy, and the recuperation of historical memory Álvaro Fernández Alonso nació en Madrid en 1942. álvaro describe a la España de los años 1960s como un campo de concentración. Recuenta que se fue a Paris a los dieciocho años, estudió en la Sorbona, e ingresó en la Unión de Estudiantes Comunistas francesa y las Juventudes Comunistas. álvaro relata que fue detenido repartiendo propaganda en Madrid en 1964, fue condenado a treinta y seis meses de prisión, y estuvo encarcelado en Carabanchel, Cáceres, y Burgos. Habla de la Revolución Bolchevique, la Internacional Comunista, la guerrilla española, el Partido Comunista de España, la lucha antifascista, el Frente Español Democrático Revolucionario Antifascista, el Partido Comunista de España (marxista-leninista), y el Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y Patriótico. álvaro presenta un análisis de España en el contexto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la Guerra Fría, la política de Franco, la colaboración del gobierno de Estados Unidos y la CIA con el régimen de Franco, y la reinstitución de la monarquía española. álvaro cuenta que se fue a Barcelona en 1967, donde el Front Nacional de Catalunya (Frente Nacional de Cataluña) le ayudó a mantenerse en la clandestinidad y refugiarse en Francia. Narra su regreso a España, la muerte de Julián Grimau, las duras represiones de 1973 y 1975, la Transición, y los asesinatos que la policía llevó a cabo entre 1975-77. álvaro comenta sobre las leyes de Amnistía y Memoria Histórica, la política contemporánea, su militancia actual, y la recuperación de la memoria histórica. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Álvaro Fernández Alonso's testimony was recorded in Barcelona, Spain Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship Interviews in Spanish Fernández Alonso, álvaro. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2009 Barcelona, Spain, :, Spanish Civil War Memory Project, 2009
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moving image
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3 video files : digital, sound, color
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ark:/20775/bb77145654
Language
Spanish
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Nonfiction films History Interviews Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives-Spanish Oral history Communism Partido Comunista de España Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y Patriota (Spain) Cárcel de Carabanchel (Madrid, Spain) France Spain Catalonia (Spain) Madrid (Spain) Barcelona (Spain) Burgos (Spain)
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France Spain Catalonia (Spain) Madrid (Spain) Barcelona (Spain) Burgos (Spain)
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