Lluis Bursó nació durante la posguerra. Lluis relata que durante la Guerra Civil, la familia de su madre estaba conectada con los Anarquistas y la familia de su padre tenía conexiones con la Falange. Recuerda su formación educativa y destaca el silencio que predominaba en su casa. Lluis describe su politización a finales de la década de 1960 y durante los años 1970s. Cuenta sobre sus estudios en una selectiva escuela de teatro en Barcelona, donde fue expuesto a The Living Theatre (“el teatro vivo”). Lluis narra su participación en el Frente de Liberación Popular, la Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), y otros movimientos obreros anti-Franquistas. Detalla su participación en producciones teatrales disidentes, así como en movimientos de protesta política. Lluis recuenta que fue juzgado por el Tribunal de Orden Público. Especifica que fue sentenciado a cinco años de prisión, de los cuales cumplió dos entre 1974 y 1976 antes de ser dejado en libertad. Lluis presenta una descripción minuciosa de la vida en la cárcel, notando la tortura física y psicológica a la que los presos eran sujetos. Habla sobre el sistema de comunicación desarrollado entre los prisioneros que eran puestos en confinamiento solitario. Lluis comenta sobre su reintegración al CNT después de salir de la cárcel, la marginación del CNT tras los Pactos de la Moncloa, y la infiltración de la policía en la organización.

Lluis Bursó was born during the postwar. Lluis relates that during the Civil War, his mother's family had connections with the Anarchists and his father's family had ties with the Falange. He discusses his educational upbringing and underlines the pervasive silence maintained in his household. Lluis speaks about his politicization during the late-1960s and 1970s. He tells of his studies at an elite theater school in Barcelona, where he was introduced to the Living Theater. Lluis narrates his participation in the Frente de Liberación Popular (Popular Liberation Front), the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Labor Confederation, CNT), and other anti- Francoist workers movements. He details his participation in dissident theater productions, as well as in political protest movements. Lluis recounts being judged by the Tribunal de Orden Público (Tribunal of Public Order). He recalls being sentenced to five years in jail, of which he completed two years between 1974 and 1976 before being released. Lluis provides a thorough account of life in prison, noting the physical and psychological torture to which prisoners were subjected. He describes the system of communication developed between prisoners who were held in solitary confinement. Lluis comments on his reintegration into the CNT after his release from prison, the marginalization of the CNT following the Moncloa Pacts, and the infiltration of police in the organization

• June 22, 2010

• Bursó, Lluis

• 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

3 video files : digital, sound, color

Interviews in Spanish

Lluis Bursó's testimony was recorded in the apartment of Elize Mazadiego and Andrea Davis in Barcelona, Spain

Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship

• Barcelona (Spain)
• Spain

• Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (Spain)
• Frente de Liberación Popular (Spain)

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

• video

• Spanish; Castilian

Mms: 991005714029706535

Online exhibit

• Spanish Civil War Memory Project

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

• Bursó, Lluis

Bursó, Lluis. Testimony of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist Dictatorship. University of California, San Diego, [year

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