Memòria i Futur, the Dénia days of historical memory, are preparing for a new edition
This morning, the programming of the 2022 "Memòria i Futur" historical memory conferences was presented to the Dénia City Council. The mayor, Vicent Grimalt, and the Councilor for Culture, Raúl García de la Reina, have made public a program that includes conferences, exhibitions and presentation of new studies on the subject and which will run from April 21 to May 25.
Vicent Grimalt recalled that the initiative began in 2018, following the 80th anniversary of the Civil War, and, after a pause forced by the pandemic, it was resumed last year with a new name, "Memòria i Futur", "because Contrary to the voices that continue to call for oblivion, we think that if we aspire to a good future, we must look the past in the face, close wounds and know the mistakes made, so as not to repeat them".
The objective of the conference, added the mayor, “is to make known aspects of our history, still recent and alive, to facilitate reflection, which is still so necessary. And to promote what really motivates us: to encourage citizens to coexist in peace and tolerance and a greater esteem for democratic values, the pillars of our society”.
The program of activities, as stressed by the Councilor for Culture, Raúl García de la Reina, "is the result of the collaboration of three municipal areas: Culture, Archives and Library", whose managers have been thanked for the work carried out.
Memory and Future Program 2022 of Déni
“Memòria i Futur” 2022 begins on April 21 with the presentation of an innovative study that unites the horror and pain of the historical time of the Second World War and the Civil War with the use of music as part of the propaganda machinery of the fascism. The study, entitled “Music and political repression. From Nazi Germany to Francoist Spain”, will be presented by Enrique Téllez, coordinator, editor and co-author of the book, and Josep Lluís Galiana, writer, musicologist and director of EdictOràlia. It will be at 20:XNUMX p.m. at the Dénia House of Culture.
For the 23rd, the proposal is a play, The invasion of the barbarians, by Arden productions, which offers us a dual vision of the war based on two stories linked but separated by half a century, between the end of the war and the approval of the Historical Memory Law. The work was nominated for best show and best text of the Valencian performing arts. The function will be at 20:00 in the Auditorium Theater of the Social Center.
On April 27, at 19:30 p.m., at the Municipal Public Library, two outstanding researchers from our region will present their latest work: Robert Llopis, from Benissa, and José Luis Luri, from Calp. This is the work Stonemasons of black stones, cobblestones and trade unionists in the Mola quarry (Benissa-Calp, 1926-1936), a study on a subject that was little known until now: labor unionism in the Marina Alta.
From April 29 to May 29, an exhibition of paintings by Antoni Miró entitled "L'hospital sueconoruec d'Alcoi" will be installed in two venues, the Center d'Art l'Estació and the Casa de Cultura. As explained by the councilor of Culture, this is a sample of 43 works by Miró based on photographs of the Alcoi hospital, which was born during the Spanish Civil War with the social support and solidarity of Sweden and Norway.The exhibition is curated by the historian Ángel Beneito.
In the month of May, the tribute to the Dianenses victims of Nazism in the Mauthausen field, in the municipal cemetery, will be organized again on the 5th.
And on Friday, May 6, at the Social Center, the documentary "La suitcase de Mauthausen" will be screened, an activity that will feature the presence of Adrián Mínguez, delegate of the Amical de Mauthasen, and Rosa Tarin, granddaughter of the protagonist of the documentary: Joaquín Tarín, from Sueca, deported to Mauthausen, who kept photographs and materials from the camp in a suitcase that have now seen the light of day. At 19:30 p.m., at the Social Center.
Also in the month of May, the Library will host two conferences, both at 19:30 p.m. On the 12th, a talk about teachers during the Republic and their great role in pedagogical renewal, by Walter Ferrús, professor at the Department of Comparative Education and History of Education at the University of Valencia. And on May 18, the writer and activist Llum Quiñonero will talk to us about her latest research on the Women's Protection Board, active between 1941 and 1985.
This edition of the “Memòria i Futur” conference will end with the presentation, on May 25 at 19:30 p.m. in the Public Library, of the book The Swedish home for children of Dénia during the Civil War. Magnhild Olsson's diary. edited by the City Council of Dénia and the Institute of Regional Studies of the Marina Alta. The authors of the book, Angel Beneyto Alan Swan, will make the presentation.