Spanish Civil War Oral Histories from Olivenza on Repression and Post-War Life

Families recounted stories over the years about relatives' actions during the Spanish Civil War, focusing on repression and forced head-shaving. The collection, coordinated by Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso, was last updated on May 5, 2024. It also describes the post-war period where children often left school early for livestock care, domestic service, or emigration.

Use Cases

• Analyze themes of repression and violence based on family narratives mentioned in the description
• Study post-war socio-economic conditions based on descriptions of early school leaving and child labor
• Research the transmission of memory and oral history across generations based on the described storytelling process

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific historical event and location (Spanish Civil War, Olivenza)
• Captures personal and family-level narratives, providing a grassroots perspective

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso (coord.), e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Likely compiled from collected oral histories and family stories.

Time Range

Covers the Spanish Civil War period and the subsequent post-war era.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 05:01:10; freshness should be verified

Geography

Likely focuses on the town of Olivenza, Spain.