Juan García Tristany recalls being nine years old when the Civil War began. Juan recounts spending the war years in Figueres with his family. He provides details of his daily life experiences during the war, noting the bombardments of the city. Juan remembers participating in the Joventuts Socialistes Unificades de Catalunya (Unified Socialist Youth of Catalonia) at an early age. He outlines how he eventually organized a clandestine group in the Poble Nou neighborhood during the postwar. Juan relates his militancy in the Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, PSUC). He describes the PSUC's clandestine organization and the security measures taken by its members. Juan tells of being captured by the police for his political activities and spending a month in the police station in Barcelona. He comments on the torture he received therein. Juan narrates the subsequent three years he spent in the Modelo Prison of Barcelona and his four years of imprisonment in the Burgos Prison. He discusses the organization of the prisoners in Burgos and their continued clandestine work inside the prison. Juan speaks about getting married and having children immediately after being released from prison. He explains his continued commitment to the PSUC. Juan presents a thorough account of the Transition

Juan García Tristany recuerda que tenía nueve años cuando la Guerra Civil comenzó. Juan relata que durante la guerra vivió con su familia en Figueres. Habla sobre sus experiencias cotidianas durante la guerra, notando los bombardeos de la ciudad. Juan enfatiza que participó en las Joventuts Socialistes Unificades de Catalunya (Juventudes Socialistas Unificadas de Cataluña) a temprana edad. Detalla cómo organizó un grupo clandestino en el barrio Poble Nou durante la posguerra. Juan recuenta su militancia en el Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (Partido Socialista Unificado de Cataluña, PSUC). Describe la organización clandestina del PSUC y las medidas de seguridad tomadas por sus miembros. Juan cuenta que a raíz de sus actividades políticas, la policía lo capturó y le detuvo por un mes en la comisaría de Barcelona. Comenta sobre la tortura que recibió allí. Juan narra los tres años posteriores que pasó en la Cárcel Modelo de Barcelona y sus cuatro años de encarcelamiento en la Prisión de Burgos. Especifica la organización de los presos en Burgos y la continuación de su trabajo clandestino dentro de la prisión. Juan resalta que inmediatamente después de ser dejado en libertad se casó y tuvo hijos. Explica su compromiso constante con el PSUC. Juan presenta un análisis preciso de la Transición.

• July 19, 2010

• Tristany, Juan García

• Cordova, Jessica
• Davis, Andres

• 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

Juan García Tristany's testimony was recorded in the office of the Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds

Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship

• Barcelona (Spain)
• Burgos (Spain)
• Catalonia (Spain)
• Spain

• Joventuts Socialistes Unificades de Catalunya
• Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya

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

• video

• Spanish; Castilian

Mms: 991005753839706535

Online exhibit

• Spanish Civil War Memory Project

Barcelona, Spain :, Spanish Civil War Memory Project, 2010

• Tristany, Juan García

Tristany, Juan García. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2010

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