Alejandro Higuera Fernández

Alumno/a UC3M

Entrevistas

Biografía

Alumno del Curso de Humanidades "La Guerra Civil europea" de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Entrevistas Realizadas (2)

Francisco Higuera López

31 mar 2026

Interview covers: working-class childhood in Castilla-La Mancha and move to Madrid; schooling and early employment history; life in Franco's Spain — singing the national anthem, watching Franco's motorcade, respect/fear of the Civil Guard; his father's concealed Republican past and wartime imprisonment in Santander; the near-total silence around politics in the family; the decision to emigrate to Australia for adventure and work; political awakening in Australia through contact with Spanish exiles and left-wing literature; growing disillusionment with Soviet and Cuban communism; and the experience of returning to a democratising Spain.

Prisionero de guerra

Trabajo infantil

María Pilar Díaz Rodríguez

31 mar 2026

Audio

Interview covers: childhood in a relatively comfortable family in Castilla-La Mancha; school experience and a formative female teacher; gender expectations and curfews for young women; working life in 1960s Madrid; her father's ambiguous wartime trajectory (Republican then Nationalist) and his non-vengeful character; lack of personal fear under the regime; emigration to Australia; and the cultural shock of returning to a Spain undergoing rapid social change after Franco's death.

Trabajo femenino

Transición a la democracia

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