Testimony of Rosario Cunillera, Interview with Omar Pimienta and Marcella Navarro; June 30, 2009
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University of California, San Diego Cunillera, Rosario Navarro, Marcella Pimienta, Omar 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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Cunillera, Rosario
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Rosario Cunillera nació en Francia. Rosario explica que sus padres eran exiliados españoles y se conocieron en un campo de concentración en Francia en los años 1940s. Cuenta que su padre era Teniente Republicano y se mantuvo conectado con el Partido Comunista de España y la guerrilla de Francia. Rosario narra que su padre y otros combatientes antifascistas entraron a España en 1944, pero fueron detenidos por la Guardia Civil. Señala que su padre dijo que era francés y le sentenciaron a veinte años de cárcel, pero en 1952 se descubrió su verdadera nacionalidad y recibió otra condena de veinte años. Rosario recuerda que en 1957 su padre recibió libertad provisional como resultado de una amnistía y se escapó a Francia, donde se unió al Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (Partido Socialista Unificado de Cataluña). Reitera que aunque no conoció a su padre hasta que tenía trece años, siempre se sintió orgullosa de él. Rosario recuenta que empezó a politizarse a los catorce años, entró en las Juventudes Comunistas a los dieciocho, y fue a una manifestación en Paris para protestar el fusilamiento de Julián Grimau en 1963. Comenta que en 1966 asistió a la escuela del Partido Comunista en Alemania. Rosario habla sobre irse a Barcelona, unirse a Comisiones Obreras, y militar clandestinamente. Da su opinión sobre la monarquía y la Transición. Rosario relata su participación en la Associació Catalana d'Expresos Polítics (Asociación Catalana de Expresos Políticos). Rosario Cunillera was born in France. Rosario explains that her parents were Spanish exiles and met in a concentration camp in France in the 1940s. She tells that her father was a Republican Lieutenant and remained connected with the Communist Party of Spain and the French guerrillas. Rosario narrates that her father and other anti-Fascist combatants returned to Spain in 1944 and were detained by the Civil Guard. She comments that her father said he was French and was sentenced to twenty years in jail, but received another twenty-year sentence in 1952 when his real nationality was discovered. Rosario recalls that in 1957 an amnesty granted her father provisional liberty and he escaped to France, where he joined the Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia). She remembers always feeling proud of her father and meeting him at age thirteen. Rosario recounts her initial politicization at age fourteen, joining the Juventudes Comunistas (Communist Youth) at eighteen, and attending a demonstration in Paris to protest the execution of Julián Grimau in 1963. She relates attending a school of the Communist Party in Germany in 1966. Rosario describes moving to Barcelona, joining Comisiones Obreras (Labor Commissions), and her clandestine militancy. She speaks about the monarchy and the Transition. Rosario discusses her participation in the Associació Catalana d'Expresos Polítics (Catalan Association of Former Political Prisoners) 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 Rosario Cunillera's testimony was recorded in Barcelona Cunillera, Rosario. 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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1 video files : digital, sound, color
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ark:/20775/bb95575869
Language
Spanish
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Political prisoners Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Interviews Oral history Personal narratives-Spanish History Nonfiction films Exiles Communism Associació catalana d'expresos polítics Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya Germany France Spain Barcelona (Spain) Catalonia (Spain)
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Germany France Spain Barcelona (Spain) Catalonia (Spain)
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