Lúcio Bellentani

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Lúcio Antonio Bellentani (born November 30, 1944 in Birigui , † June 19, 2019 in Jacareí ) was a Brazilian worker and member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCB).

Life

Bellentani worked as a toolmaker at Volkswagen do Brasil between 1964 and 1972 . He was a secret member of the Brazilian Communist Party and organized union meetings within the plant. On July 29, 1972, he was arrested at his workplace at the VW factory in São Bernardo do Campo . He was then taken to a torture center run by the Brazilian military dictatorship . He suffered there u. a. the “ parrot swing ” ( Portuguese pau de arara ) and electric shocks.

As part of the Brazilian human rights collective "Memória, Verdade, Justiça e Reparação" ("Remembrance, Truth, Justice and Reparation"), he campaigned for the clarification of the VW Group's involvement in the repression of the military dictatorship and said on July 19, 2012 in front of the municipal truth commission "Vladimir Herzog" of the city of São Paulo .

As part of the investigation by the São Paulo federal prosecutor's office against VW, Bellentani reported on December 16, 2015 about his arrest in 1972 at VW and the torture he suffered.

Bellentani broke off a conversation with the historian Christopher Kopper commissioned by VW and justified this to the ARD with the fact that Kopper was not a representative of VW.

Bellentani died in Jacareí in June 2019 at the age of 74.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Notícia - Lúcio Bellentani: exemplo de luta pela democracia e pelos trabalhadores do Brasil. In: com.br. Mundo Sindical, accessed June 21, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Cleide Silva, Marcelo Godoy: Socos, tapas e Pontapés na empresa: era só o começo. In: O Estado de S. Paulo . November 1, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  3. ↑ accomplices? - VW and the Brazilian military dictatorship. NDR, SWR and Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 24, 2017, accessed on July 25, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Lúcio Bellentani on July 19, 2012: "In 1972 I was arrested inside the VW premises." In: Testimony before the municipal truth commission. Cooperation Brazil eV, July 19, 2012, accessed on July 25, 2017 (translation by Christian Russau).
  5. ↑ The ordeal. Lúcio Bellentani and VW in Brazil. In: The Feature. NDR Info, July 30, 2017, accessed on July 25, 2017 .
  6. ^ Christian Russau: VW and the Brazilian dictatorship hand in hand . Ed .: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. ( rosaluxspba.org [accessed July 25, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Laura Burzywoda: Struggle for recognition and reparation: arrests and repression at VW do Brasil. taz.de, November 12, 2016, accessed on July 25, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Julio Segador: The controversial role of VW during the military dictatorship. Deutschlandfunk, March 21, 2015, accessed on July 26, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Christian Russau: Investigations against VW do Brasil because of involvement in Brazilian military dictatorship expanded. Cooperation Brazil eV, May 17, 2016, accessed on July 25, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Jornal GGN: Exatamente no dia de hoje ... Lúcio Bellentani, presente! In: com.br. June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Bellentani, Lúcio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bellentani, Lúcio Antonio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian worker, member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCB)
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Birigui , Sao Paulo
DATE OF DEATH 19th June 2019
Place of death Jacareí , São Paulo