Person
Ulibarri González, Cristina (1917- ?)Other forms
Santander (Cantabria, España) 1917-06-28 - desconocida
Spanish woman that exiled in Mexico, daughter of José Ulibarri Zubledia and Eusebia González Trevilla, and wife of Santiago Viguera Díaz. They had a daughter called Cristina Viguera Ulibarri.
She started to work as servant when she was young. She was an active member of the General Union of Workers (UGT) and worked as nurse during the Spanish Civil War. She supported the Unified Socialist Youth (JSU).
After the war, he exiled with her husband in France, and later went on board "La Salle" ship to the Dominican Republic, where she settled for some time in Dajabón and El Seibo refugees camps. She was in contact with the Pedro Sánchez colony as well. Later in 1944, they moved to Mexico and worked there in a farm set up by the Spanish Communist Party. She received help from the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) and worked in "Frontón Colón" and "Frontón Metropolitano" until 1972. Her husband died and she returned to Spain only for a visit.
Date of the event: 1936 - 1939
Description: Exilio desde Burdeos hasta Santo Domingo.
Location associated with the date:
. Pla Brugat, Dolores. Catálogo del fondo de historia oral : refugiados españoles en México : Archivo de la Palabra. 1ª ed.. Dolores Pla Brugat (coordinadora). México D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 2011. 1 CD-ROM. 978-607-484-184-8.
Ulibarri, Cristina. Mantecón de Souto, Matilde. Proyecto de Historia Oral "Refugiados Españoles en México", Archivo de la Palabra, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), México : entrevista realizada a Cristina Ulibarri. por Matilde Mantecón [para el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia De México En Colaboración Con el Ministerio de Cultura de España]. [s.L.: S.N.]: 1980]. 169 H..