Marina Vega de la Iglesia nació en Torrelavega, Cantabria. Marina recuenta que en 1937, fue enviada a Paris con amigos de su familia para evitar la Guerra Civil. Durante la guerra, su madre trabajaba para el gobierno Republicano y se trasladó con él a Valencia. Su padre, quien era gobernador de la provincia, fue encarcelado por ser Republicano y Masón. Marina regresó a Madrid en 1939. Con la ayuda de familiares lejanos, pudo reconectarse con su madre quien vivía en la clandestinidad. Marina comenzó a cuidar a su madre en ese entonces. Marina relata haberse conectado con la embajada de Francia en Madrid en 1942, lo cual la llevó a trabajar con las Fuerzas Francesas Libres de Charles de Gaulle. Recuerda que entre 1942 y 1944, viajaba dos veces por semana a la frontera con Francia para completar sus varios trabajos para las Fuerzas Francesas Libres. Describe su uso de documentos falsos en estos viajes y explica la documentación necesaria para hacer aún los viajes más cortos. Cuenta que de 1945 y 1950, continuó su trabajo con las Fuerzas Francesas Libres en Francia. Su padre fue liberado en 1950 y Marina regresó a España para cuidarlo, ya que al salir de la cárcel él sufría un trauma físico. Marina resalta su participación en manifestaciones y huelgas contra Franco en los años 1970, así como en la re-formación del Partido Socialista.

Marina Vega de la Iglesia was born in Torrelavega, Cantabria. Marina recounts being sent to Paris with family friends in 1937 to avoid the Civil War. During the war, her mother worked for the Republican government and moved with it to Valencia. Her father, who was governor of the province, was imprisoned for being a Republican and a Freemason. Marina returned to Madrid in 1939. Through the help of distant family, she reconnected with her mother who was living in hiding. Marina began caring for her mother during this time. Marina discusses making contacts with the clandestine French embassy in Madrid in 1942, which led to her work with Charles de Gaulle's Free French Forces. She recalls making two trips a week to the French border between 1942 and 1944 to fulfill her various tasks for the Free French Forces. She describes her use of false travel documents on these trips and explains the documentation needed to make even the shortest of trips. Marina notes that from 1945 and 1950, she continued her work with the Free French Forces in France. Her father was released from prison in 1950 and she returned to Spain to care for him, as he was physically broken. Marina relates participating in demonstrations and strikes against Franco in the 1970s, as well as in the re-formation of the Socialist Party

• July 3, 2008

• Vega de la Iglesia, Marina

• Boehm, Scott
• Davis, Andrea

• 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

6 video files : digital, sound, color

Interviews in Spanish

Marina Vega de la Iglesia's testimony was recorded in her home in Madrid

Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship

• France
• Madrid (Spain)
• Spain
• Valencia (Spain)

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

• video

• Spanish; Castilian

Mms: 991002820989706535

Online exhibit

• Spanish Civil War Memory Project

Madrid, Spain, Spanish Civil War Memory Project, 2008

• Vega de la Iglesia, Marina

Vega de la Iglesia, Marina. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2008

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