Testimony of Agustina Rico, interview with Andrea Davis; 2010
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Agustina Rico nació en los años cincuenta en Cataluña en el seno de una familia originaria de Salamanca. Ella creció en Santa Coloma, suburbio de posguerra de Barcelona poblado originalmente de una mezcla de migrantes de muchas partes de España. Rico era la primera de su familia en obtener una educación universitaria. Como estudiante se convertió en activista política, escribió muchos artículos para periodicos y participó en organizaciones políticas que desfrutaban del paraguas protector de la parroquia catolica local bajo un sacerdote antifranquista. Cuando tenia dieciocho años de metió en problemas legales por escribir un aritículo relacionado con el Che Guevara. El artículo 2 de la Ley Fraga fue utilizado con frecuencia durante el franquismo para controlar la libertad de expresión de la prensa. Ella relata cómo los abogados antifranquistas probono la defendieron con éxito contra tal represión. Se siente afortunada de haber vivido los últimos días del franquismo y luego el período de transición a la democracia. Participó en muchas marchas políticas en los años setenta, especialmente en Barcelona. Cuenta la historia de su tío José Rico, ejecutado en 1937 por su participación en un complot frustrado para asesinar a Franco. La historia de su tío fue descubierta recientemente por el historiador Francisco Sánchez Montoya y sirve como base para una nueva novela histórica de Carlos Fonseca. Finalmente Rico comparte sus recuerdos de Elias “Dutch” Schultz (1996-2006), un veterano estadounidense de la Brigada Abraham Lincoln durante la Guerra Civil Española, y que se quedó con ella en la década de los noventa durante su estancia en España.
Agustina Rico was born in the 1950s in Catalonia to a family originally from Salamanca. She grew up in Santa Coloma, a post-war suburb of Barcelona originally populated by a mix of migrants from many parts of Spain. Rico was the first in her family to get a university education. As a student she became a political activist, wrote many articles for periodicals, and participated in political organizations that enjoyed the protective umbrella of the local Catholic parish under an anti-Franco priest. When she was eighteen she got into legal trouble for writing an article relating to Che Guevara. Article 2 of the Ley Fraga was used frequently during the Franco period for controlling freedom of expression of the press. She describes how progressive pro-bono anti-Franco attorneys successfully defended her against such repression. She feels fortunate to have lived through the dying days of Francoism and then the transition to democracy period. She attended many political marches in the 1970s, especially in Barcelona. She recounts the history of her uncle José Rico who was executed in 1937 for his part in a foiled plot to assassinate Franco. Her uncle's history was only recently discovered by historian Francisco Sánchez Montoya, and serves as the basis of a new historical novel by Carlos Fonseca. Finally, Rico shares her memories of Elias "Dutch" Schultz (1910-2006), an American veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War, and who stayed with her in the 1990s during a trip to Spain
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- 2010
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3 video files : digital, sound, color
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Interviews in Spanish
Rico's testimony was recorded in Barcelona
Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship
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- Spanish; Castilian
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Mms: 991007921589706535
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Online exhibit
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Barcelona, Spain, Spanish Civil War Memory Project
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- Rico, Agustina
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Rico, Agustina. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2010
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2023-10-26