Testimony of Vicenta Camacho Abad, Interview with Scott Boehm and Guillermo Izquierdo; May 18 and 20, 2009
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Boehm, Scott Izquierdo, Guillermo Asociación de Ex-presos y Represaliados Políticos Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica Federación Estatal de Foros por la Memoria Camacho Abad, Vicenta University of California, San Diego
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Vicenta Camacho Abad nació en 1921 en Osma La Rasa. Vicenta detalla los derechos que adquirieron las mujeres y los avances en la educación y la cultura durante la República. Recuerda que su padre y su hermano se fueron al Frente durante la Guerra Civil. Vicenta explica que al terminar la guerra su padre perdió su empleo en RENFE y fue encarcelado en Soria, y su hermano estuvo detenido en la comisaría de Fomento, la cárcel de Comendadoras, y un campo de concentración del cual escapó y huyó a Argelia. Habla sobre la dictadura, notando la represión ejercida contra las mujeres. Vicenta narra que por participar en el Partido Comunista, fue detenida en 1943, llevada a la Dirección General de Seguridad, encarcelada en Ventas, trasladada a Segovia en 1947, y dejada en libertad provisional en 1952. Describe las dos huelgas de hambre en que participó en Segovia y Ventas, y cómo su pena de muerte fue reducida a doce años de prisión. Vicenta recuenta que hizo un curso de enfermería después de la Transición y trabajó en un hospital donde ayudó a formar un sindicato. Relata que se incorporó al Club de Amigos de la UNESCO en 1962 y ayudó a crear el Movimiento Democrático de Mujeres en 1964. Vicenta comenta sobre la muerte de Franco, los Pactos de la Moncloa, la memoria histórica, y la situación política actual. Vicenta Camacho Abad was born in 1921 in Osma La Rasa. Vicenta details the rights women acquired and the educational and cultural advancements made during the Republic. She remembers that her father and brother joined the Front during the Civil War. Vicenta explains that when the war ended her father lost his job at RENFE and was jailed in Soria, and her brother was detained in the Fomento police station, the Comendadoras jail, and a concentration camp from which he escaped and fled to Algeria. She recalls the dictatorship, noting the repression carried out against women. Vicenta narrates that for her participation in the Communist Party, she was detained in 1943, taken to the Dirección General de Seguridad (General Security Directorate), jailed in Ventas, transferred to Segovia in 1947, and released on provisional liberty in 1952. She describes the two hunger strikes in which she participated in Segovia and Ventas, and how her death sentence was reduced to twelve years in jail. Vicenta recounts taking a nursing course after the Transition and working in a hospital where she helped form a union. She relates joining the Club de Amigos de la UNESCO (Friends of UNESCO Club) in 1962 and helping form the Movimiento Democrático de Mujeres (Women's Democratic Movement) in 1964. Vicenta discusses Franco's death, the Moncloa Pacts, historical memory, and the current political climate Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Interviews in Spanish Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship Vicenta Camacho Abad's testimony was recorded in Madrid Camacho Abad, Vicenta. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2009 Madrid, Spain : Spanish Civil War Memory Project 2009
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moving image
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5 video files : digital, sound, color
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ark:/20775/bb7748613x
Language
Spanish
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Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Communism History Oral history Nonfiction films Personal narratives-Spanish Interviews Partido Comunista de España Movimiento Democrático de Mujeres (Spain) Spain
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