Abel Paz
Abel Paz (born August 12, 1921 in Almería , † April 13, 2009 in Barcelona ), actually Diego Camacho Escámez , was a Spanish syndicalist , anarchist revolutionary, resistance fighter and writer.
Life
At the age of 15 he fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the CNT and FAI against the Franco regime and for the social revolution. From 1934 he worked as an apprentice in a textile factory . In 1935 he joined the anarcho-syndicalist union Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT-AIT). After three years of civil war and the suppression of the “short summer of anarchy”, he had to flee to France in 1939 from the troops of General Franco .
There he was interned with other anti-fascist Spain fighters in various camps, Argelès-sur-Mer , Barcarès and Saint-Cyprien . After the Wehrmacht marched into France, he returned to Spain in 1942 and fought underground against the Franco regime. He was arrested in December 1942 and imprisoned until 1953.
He emigrated again to France, where he worked in a printing company until 1977 and participated, among other things, in the Paris May 1968 .
Abel Paz lived in Barcelona until his death on April 13, 2009. The author, who also wrote the standard work: “ Durruti . Life and Death of the Spanish Anarchist ”, was one of the last living witnesses of the Spanish Revolution. Again and again he took part in international information events on the Spanish civil war.
literature
Works
- Durruti. Life and Death of the Spanish Anarchist , Hamburg: Edition Nautilus 1994. ISBN 3-89401-411-3 (The volume contains many photo documents; various editions)
- Prickly Pear Cactus and Scorpions. Eine Biographie (1921–1936) Volume 1 (of the 4-volume autobiography), Lich: Edition AV 1997. ISBN 978-3-936049-87-9
- Anarchist with Don Quixote's ideals. Interior views from the Spanish Revolution. Eine Biographie (1936–1939) , Volume 2, Lich: Edition AV 2008. ISBN 978-3-936049-97-8
- In the fog of defeat. Displacement and flight. Eine Biographie (1939-1942) , Volume 3, Lich: Verlag Edition AV 2009. ISBN 978-3-86841-016-7
- At the foot of the wall. Resistance and prison. Eine Biographie (1942–1954) , Volume 4, Lich: Verlag Edition AV 2010. ISBN 978-3-86841-033-4
Secondary literature
- Bernd Drücke , Luz Kerkeling, Martin Baxmeyer (Ed.): Abel Paz and the Spanish Revolution. Interviews and lectures . Frankfurt / M .: Edition AV 2004. ISBN 3-936049-33-5
Movie
- Durruti in the Spanish Revolution by Paco Rios and the book by Abel Paz. Original production: Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo, Madrid 1998. OV production: FAU-Leipzig and CineRebelde, Freiburg, 2006.
Web links
- Literature by and about Abel Paz in the catalog of the German National Library
- “Anarchism Will Never Die” - Interview with Abel Paz in the Grassroots Revolution
- Abel Paz: Anarchist with Don Quixote's ideals - radio report from Radio Z
Individual evidence
- ^ Ha muerto Diego Camacho, alias Abel Paz on anarkismo.net , April 14, 2009
- ↑ BASIS & FAU Munich: Abel Paz on October 6, 2006 on anarchie.de , June 15, 2006
- ↑ 19.06 .: Abel Paz reads from Durruti's biography in Berlin on anarchie.de , June 3, 2003
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paz, Abel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Camacho Escámez, Diego |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish anarchist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Almeria , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2009 |
| Place of death | Barcelona , Spain |