Progreso Marín nació en Toulouse en una familia de exiliados españoles. Progreso describe la militancia de su madre en el sindicato anarquista Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) durante la Guerra Civil. Cuenta que su madre tuvo que huir a Francia dos veces. La primera vez fue obligada a regresar a España porque su esposo no había ido con ella y a las mujeres casadas no se les permitía quedarse solas en Francia. La segunda vez recibió ayuda de Pau Casals y finalmente se instaló en Toulouse. Progreso recuenta su infancia en Toulouse, comentando sobre las condiciones y la cultura de la comunidad de exiliados así como sobre el trato que recibían los españoles en Francia. Relata la participación continua de sus padres en la CNT en Toulouse y habla sobre las dificultades de la actividad política debido a la presencia de espías Franquistas en la ciudad. Progreso analiza los conceptos históricos erróneos sobre la comunidad de exiliados y detalla su participación actual en la recuperación de la memoria histórica.

Progreso Marín was born in Toulouse to a family of Spanish exiles. Progreso recounts his mother's militancy in the anarchist union Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Labor Confederation) during the Civil War. He explains that his mother had to flee to France twice. The first time she was forced to return to Spain because her husband had not left with her and married women were not allowed to remain in France alone. The second time she received help from Pau Casals and was finally able to settle in Toulouse. Progreso relates his childhood in Toulouse, commenting on the nature and culture of the exile community as well as on the treatment of Spaniards in France. He details his parents' continued participation in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo in Toulouse and the difficulties of political activity due to the presence of Francoist spies in the city. Progreso discusses historical misconceptions of the exile community and describes his participation in the recuperation of historical memory

• July 17, 2009

• Marin, Progreso

• Davis, Andrea
• Mazadiego, Elize

• Asociación de Ex-presos y Represaliados Políticos
• Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica
• Federación Estatal de Foros por la Memoria

• University of California, San Diego

2 video files : digital, sound, color

Interviews in Spanish

Progreso Marín's testimony was recorded in his home outside of Toulouse

Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship

• France
• Spain

• Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (Spain)

• Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939)
• Exiles
• History
• Interviews
• Nonfiction films
• Oral history
• Personal narratives-Spanish

• video

• Spanish; Castilian

Mms: 991002820779706535

Online exhibit

• Spanish Civil War Memory Project

Toulouse, France, Spanish Civil War Memory Project

• Marin, Progreso

Marín, Progreso. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2009

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