Victor Díaz-Cardiel was born in 1935 in Fuensalida, Toledo. Victor recounts that his father was a member of the Republican Assault Guard during the Civil War and was held prisoner from 1939 to 1945. He describes being a key member of the Communist Party of Spain in Madrid, and tells of his underground political activities. Victor explains that he was imprisoned three times as a result of his militancy. He was incarcerated in Carabanchel, Soria, and Segovia between April 1965 and July 1972. He participated in two important hunger strikes while in prison. Victor relates that after his release, he was again detained and imprisoned briefly on two occasions before the Proceso 1001 and Franco's death

Víctor Díaz-Cordiel nació en 1935 en Fuensalida, Toledo. Víctor recuenta que su padre fue miembro de la Guardia de Asalto de la República durante la Guerra Civil y estuvo detenido de 1939 a 1945. Describe haber sido un miembro clave del Partido Comunista de España en Madrid, y cuenta sobre sus actividades políticas clandestinas. Víctor explica que fue encarcelado tres veces a resultado de su militancia. Estuvo recluido en Carabanchel, Soria, y Segovia entre abril de 1965 y julio de 1972. Participó en dos huelgas de hambre importantes mientras estuvo en la cárcel. Víctor relata que después de ser dejado en libertad, fue detenido y encarcelado brevemente dos veces antes del Proceso 1001 y la muerte de Franco.

• May 27; June 5; June 12, 2009

• Díaz-Cardiel, Victor

• Boehm, Scott
• Duarte, Miriam

• 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

10 video files : digital, sound, color

Interviews in Spanish

Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship

Victor Díaz-Cordiel's testimony was recorded in his home in Madrid

• Madrid (Spain)
• Spain

• Cárcel de Carabanchel (Madrid, Spain)
• Partido Comunista de España

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

• video

• Spanish; Castilian

Mms: 991005724119706535

Online exhibit

• Spanish Civil War Memory Project

Madrid :, Spanish Civil War Memory Project, 2009

• Díaz-Cardiel, Victor

Díaz-Cordiel, Victor. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, 2009

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