Programme No Jubilem La
Memòria
FIFTH ANNUAL EVENT
8 -11 NOVEMBER 2007
Thursday, 8 November
7.30 pm. British Counci, C/Amigó 83, Barcelona. Presentation
of Angela Jackson’s novel, Warm Earth by Paul Preston (in English) and display
of the NJLM
photographic exhibition ‘Prelude to the Last Battle: The International Brigades in the Priorat, 1938’
(English texts available).
Friday, 9 November
7:30
pm. Sala Polivalent in Marçà. A
talk by Paul Preston (in Catalan):
“Corresponsals estrangers durant el setge de Madrid i la caiguda de Catalunya”
Saturday, 10 Novembre
Morning
12:00.
Serra de Pàndols. Hill 705:
Re-dedication of the plaque in memory of the British and Irish International Brigaders who died in the Battle of the Ebro
in collaboration with the International Brigade Memorial Trust.
Speakers
(with interpreters)– to be confirmed.
Re-dedication
of the plaque in memory of Enrique Lister –to be confirmed
14:00.
Lunch at the Hotel Piqué, Gandesa
Afternoon
18:30
Casal de Marçà. Inauguration of the exhibition “Papers Prioratins de Salamanca”.
19:00
A talk (in Catalan) by Pere Audí i Toni Orensanz: “Joaquim Llorens, líder oblidat del republicanisme prioratí”.
Sunday,
11 November
Morning
La
Torre de Fontaubella
11:00 Inauguration of a plaque in the village cemetery in memory
of the victims of the Battle of the Ebroburied in the nearby communal graves, the majority of whom had been brought to the
hospital train at the station, but who had died of their wounds before treatment. Some International Brigaders are amongst
the names on the list of the dead.
Speakers
( with interpreters) – to be confirmed.
12:00 Sindicat. Opening and introduction to the NJLM photographic
exhibition ‘Prelude to the Last Battle: The International Brigades in the Priorat, 1938’ (English texts available) and presentation of a display of medical material used
during the civil war.
12:10 Presentation of the association, ‘Victims of Franco’s Repression in Tarragona’ by the
president of the group, Montserrat Giné.
12:30 A talk in Catalan by Dr. Joan Mauri: “The Miracle of Blood Transfusion: War, Innovation and Forgotten
Memories”.
13:00 Closing words by Angela Jackson, NJLM president.
