Testimony of Enrique Aguado Marco, Interview with Carlos Elguero and Scott Boehm; August 3, 2007

Part 1

Interviewee:
Aguado Marco, Enrique
Interviewers:
Boehm, Scott
Elguero, Carlos
Interview date(s):
August 3, 2007
Published:
Madrid, Spain : Spanish Civil War Memory Project
Number of Tapes:
2
Notes:
Aguado Marco's testimony was recorded in his home in Madrid. Testimony is in Spanish without subtitles.
Topics:
Communism
Battle of the Ebro River (Spain : 1938)
Exiles
Geographics:
France
Spain
Corporate name:
Partido Comunista de España

Summary

Enrique Aguado Marco was born on Feb. 2, 1913 in Molina de Aragón, province of Guadalajara. He gives an account of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, fighting with a Republican battalion in the Battle of Ebro and in other battles. He was appointed to head the commissary of his battalion, a position of considerable responsibility as he relates in the interview. He was active with the Communist Party in Spain, as well as during his exile in France. In addition to describing his own experiences, Aguado speculates on the the United States involvement in the Civil War, suggesting that Franco would never have won without oil and fuel supplied on installment from the United States