2023-10-30 16:44:13
This Monday, around twenty victims of the civil war and Francoism received declarations of recognition and personal reparation in a State tribute with the presence of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of the Presidency and Democratic Memory, Félix Bolaños. Teresa Alberti, niece of María Teresa León and Rafael Alberti, spoke in an emotional speech on behalf of the victims. “Our family members have never been forgotten. Now, finally, their lives and their legacy are expanding and achieving general recognition in Spanish society. That is why they are more present than ever and that is why we share a deep emotion. On behalf of everyone, thank you,” she began.
“All of us honored can say with pride that our lives and those of our families already occupy the place they deserve in the history of our country. I am sure that other people who have not yet received institutional recognition will occupy this place in years to come. Today is a day of celebration for recognition, but also for living in a country capable of drawing a clearer and more complete image of our yesterday. A country in which, after a long time, truth, justice, reparation and the duty of memory prevail. A country that is capable of managing the common past better every day and is capable of continuing to think about a future of peace and coexistence”, she continued.
The niece of the writer María Teresa León has quoted some words from her aunt:
I’m tired of not knowing where to die. That is the greatest sadness of the émigré. What do we have to do with the cemeteries of the countries where we live?
Teresa Alberti recalled that her aunt was buried, “as it could not be otherwise”, on a day of general strike in a cemetery in Majadahonda, as was her wish. “Others were not so lucky,” she concluded.
18 repair statements
The relatives of the victims have been given 18 declarations of reparation and recognition, 17 of them individual and one collective to the ten CCOO representatives sentenced to prison for their opposition to Francoism in the ‘Process 1001’ trial, held 50 years ago. years.
Among the individual awards, collected mostly by family members and representatives of memory associations, are those granted to the writer of the Generation of ’27 María Teresa León, the historian Nicolás Sánchez Albornoz and the philosopher José Luis López Aranguren, among others. Also to the artist and reference in the struggle of the LGTBI collective Manuela Saborido, known as Manolita Chen; to the writer Gabriel Aresti, to one of the greatest references of Galician literature, Daniel Castelao; or to the lawyer and former IU deputy Cristina Almeida, who has collected the diploma personally.
The event also included the artists Rozalén and Joan Manuel Serrat, who wanted to “reduce the doses of oblivion to the just and necessary” because “a people that loses its memory loses the key to open the door to the future.”
“Memory is a matter of State”
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, recalled in his speech that “democratic memory is a matter of State.” “The Democratic Memory Law is a State law that does not concern a particular ideology, which is why it is incomprehensible that some do not feel it as their own,” he said. And he has added that it is a matter of “ignorance” to say that the Memory Law is “sectarian or vindictive.”
For his part, the Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Democratic Memory, Félix Bolaños, has commented that one year has just passed since the entry into force of the Memory Law, a norm that he claims is “homologous” to Spain. with surrounding countries that “also suffered blows from the dictatorship.” And he has stressed that the Government will be on the side of the victims and in favor of “truth, justice and reparation.”
The event was attended by relatives of victims, members of memory associations and numerous representatives of the State, including the president of Congress, Francia Armengol, and the president of the Senate, Pedro Rollán. The acting vice presidents Yolanda Díaz and Nadia Calviño also attended; and the majority of ministers, among them Félix Bolaños, María Jesús Montero, Isabel Rodríguez, Miquel Iceta and Ione Belarra. However, the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has declined to attend; the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso; and the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, sources from the Ministry of the Presidency have indicated.
Manuel and Miguel Deza García, bakers and union members. In his place he has been picked up by Antonio Deza Romero, son and nephew of Manuel and Miguel Deza García and president of the Dejadnos Llorar Foundation. María Teresa León, intellectual and writer of the Generation of ’27. She was married to Rafael Alberti. Her niece, Teresa Alberti, has come. Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, historian. Conchita Grangé Veleta (Conchita Ramos), participated in the French resistance against the Nazis. She has collected the diploma from her niece, Gabriela Grangé. Pedro Rico López, deputy of the Second Republic and mayor of Madrid. His grandson, Pedro Rico, attended the event. José Luis López Aranguren, philosopher. His son, Eduardo López Aranguren, was in charge of collecting the diploma. Manuela Saborido, known as Manolita Chen, artist and activist of the LGTBI collective. Victoria Pujolar Amat, republican activist. She has been picked up by her granddaughter, Tamara Melchor. José Ignacio Domínguez, lieutenant colonel of the Air Force and one of the founders of the Democratic Military Union. José Luis Demaría López, “Campúa”, businessman and photographer. His granddaughter, Esther Fernández Demaría, has attended. Francisco Rocafull Román, president of the Valencia Provincial Association-SOS Stolen Babies, who was unable to attend for health reasons. Jesús Requejo Sanromán, lawyer and politician of the National Counterrevolutionary Front. His nephew, Herminio Requejo Novoa, has come. The Women’s Grand Lodge of Spain. It has been collected by Grand Master María del Mar Sánchez Bergua. Gabriel Aresti Segurola, writer. His widow, Meli Esteban, attended. Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, politician, writer and one of the fathers of Galician nationalism. The recognition has been collected by Miguel Anxo Seixas, president of the Castelao Foundation. Salvador Espriu i Castelló, writer. Estanislau Fors, mayor of Arenys de Mar. Cristina Almeida, labor lawyer and politician. Collective recognition to the ten CCOO representatives sentenced to prison for their opposition to Francoism in the ‘Process 1001’ trial. Nicolás Sartorius, Francisco Acosta Orge, Pedro Santisteban Hurtado, Miguel Ángel Zamora Antón, Eduardo Saborido Galán —Maricruz Vicente has come on his behalf—, Marcelino Camacho —Yenia Camacho has picked him up—, Fernando Soto Martín —Luz María Rodríguez has gone -, Juan Muñiz Zapico -Carolina Vidal has attended-, Francisco García Salve -Ernesto García has attended- and Luis Fernández Costilla -Juanjo Hermoso has picked him up-.
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