A group of women recalls his time in prison
Rojas. Whores. Persecuted. "We were not criminals, they are fighting for a world without war, hunger and freedom. That was our offense." These are the words of Carter Concha, one of the protagonists of the exhibition Republican Women, Javier Larrauri, that during the last weekend hosted the Madrid Círculo de Bellas Artes.
All are around 90 years. As teenagers and were active in the Anti-Fascist Militias Workers and Peasants in the Communist Party, United Socialist Youth ... And still do. These women agree that their thinking was due in large part to what their parents had instilled. "My parents taught me everything, they were genuine socialists. He said the policy was not to enrich but to give to others, "says Carmen Arrojo.
" We were victims of an obsession for killing people not like "
The first step to form part of these organizations was simple . Just sign up. Then the real work began. Deliver leaflets, newspapers, organizing, forming part of the struggle pro-amnesty, serving undercover email ... They were some of the tasks that Republican women held during the Civil War dictatorship. They were willing to take the risk of being discovered or denounced. Many spent years in prisons and concentration camps.
sentiment general among these women is that they fought "like any man, because there was so much machismo among peers," says the poet Angeles Garcia-Madrid, one of the Republicans. "The work of the Republican woman was to educate their daughters so they can not withstand the power of man," he stresses. On the other hand, Concha Carter believes that people today think that women and men are equal because they "can do whatever they want." But she believes that true equality is "the right to work, the right to education and a number of things that distinguished the Republic."
A Concha Carter the passage of time has not erased even one of the Republican song lyrics he learned as a youth. And whenever he can be seized. This time, the irony is embodied in the letter were being detained in jail Sales: Sales Jail, beautiful hotel, full of hygiene, comfort and luxury, where no water or food or a bed in hell is much better. "
"I knew I was putting my life at stake and do it again"
Worms in lentil. A bowl a day. Rats that ran through their bodies while they slept. Beatings. Clean the blood of their comrades. The shame of being publicly labeled when they shaved their heads. See how to beat their husbands and dragged in front of their cells. Insults and abuse. 30 people living together in the space for two. None of this got to stop them in their struggle for their ideas of freedom and justice. Although they are a thorn: the memory of the sound of gunshots the morning of August 5, 1939, when 13 were shot very young Republican.
"We heard the shots perfectly from prison, and we also saw how it was the truck that was carrying. At dawn, they heard the voice of Julia Conesa singing the young guard and all joined him. As they were moving eastward at 13 Roses, "recalls Garcia-Madrid excited.
At that time, Concha Carter, imprisoned and unconscious, was about to experience one of the most difficult moments of his life, if not more so. "I had the same record as the 13 roses and when I called the principal's office I knew I would be shot," he recalls.
ate lentils in jail and suffered beatings
worms naked and scared in front of the cemetery wall and dark, Franco showed him the graves of their comrades. Fortunately, he left there.
odyssey if you got out
"The Odyssey was where it got you if I got out of jail," says Arrojo. The prison remained in the street. Felipe Plaza has not forgotten how the pursuit of her and her husband through the streets of Madrid. "We worked in the party in secret, with clandestine meetings, "he says. Others called their friends who hide in their homes.
Carmen Rodriguez believes that they were" victims of the obsession to kill not to think the same. "Revenge is not what they want, but yes it is known that many died from the fighting. Carmen Carter, desencatada with current policy, believes that the Law of Historical Memory "is a nice excuse for us to believe that going to do something and nothing is done."
And all of them, looking back, were they aware of what was at stake? "I knew my life was at stake and do it again," replies García-Madrid. "We are the young guard," Carter concludes.
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