Testimony of Mercedes Iglesias Serrano, Interview with Luis Martín-Cabrera and Andrea Davis; July 7, 2010

Interviewee:
Iglesias Serrano, Mercedes
Interviewers:
Davis, Andrea
Martín Cabrera, Luis
Interview date(s):
July 7, 2010
Published:
Barcelona, Spain :, Spanish Civil War Memory Project, 2010
Number of Tapes:
1
Notes:
Mercedes Iglesias Serrano's testimony was recorded in her apartment in Barcelona, Spain. Testimony is in Spanish without subtitles.
Geographics:
Spain

Summary

Mercedes Iglesias Serrano relates that her grandparents lived through and fought in the Civil War. Mercedes explains that her immediate family's history is filled with silences concerning her grandparents' experiences. She recounts the struggles she has faced in her attempts to rescue and preserve her grandparents' history. Mercedes reconstructs stories about her grandparents to the best of her current knowledge