Testimony of Angela Guallart Palomina, Interview with Scott Boehm; March 27, 2009
Summary
Gauallart Palomina was born on Jan. 29, 1931 in Madrid. Her testimony is a firsthand account of the sufferings endured by poor people during and after the Spanish Civil War, a period she experienced with her mother and grandmother in Madrid. Her childhood was marked by constant hunger and fear. At one point her mother sold the household furniture in order to buy food. She suggests that during the Francoist era innocent people were detained and executed based on nothing more than accusations of falangist informants