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Las lealtades del general Vicente Rojo. Un militar fiel a su profesión
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[spa] A pesar de su conservadurismo, el general Vicente Rojo (1894-1966), quien al estallar la guerra era comandante, se mantuvo leal a la República, mientras que otros militares, amigos suyos y compañeros en la Academia Militar de Toledo, se incorporaron al Ejército Nacional, como por ejemplo el también comandante Emilio Alamán. Este artículo se centra en las historias humanas que vivieron entre ellos. A partir de su testimonio, plasmado en una autobiografía inédita, reconstruimos sus decisiones y angustias. Mediante entrevistas a los familiares de Rojo se reconstruyen algunos episodios de la vida cotidiana durante la guerra y el exilio. Si el exilio fue un refugio amargo, la vuelta a casa del general Rojo se convirtió en una maldición, como puede constatarse en sus escritos memorialistas, por su aislamiento e infortunio, y por lo que él consideró una falta de compañerismo por parte de sus antiguos camaradas. Para él fue una memoria afligida.
[eng] Despite his conservatism, General Vicente Rojo (1894-1966) was loyal to the Span- ish Republic, while other colleagues at the Military Academy of Toledo and friends joined the self- called National Army, such as Commander Emilio Alamán. This is the human story of Vicente Rojo during and after the Civil War. The article reconstructs Rojo decisions and anxieties from his testi- mony, embodied in some books, but also in an unpublished autobiography. Through interviews with Rojo family members, the author reconstructed some episodes of everyday life during the war and exile to highlight the human dimension of this soldier at critical moments. if the exile was a bitter refuge, back to home became a curse for General Rojo, as we can be seen in his memorialist writ- ings, for his isolation and misfortune, and for what he considered a lack of companionship from some of his former comrades. For him, it was a sorrowful memory.
[eng] Despite his conservatism, General Vicente Rojo (1894-1966) was loyal to the Span- ish Republic, while other colleagues at the Military Academy of Toledo and friends joined the self- called National Army, such as Commander Emilio Alamán. This is the human story of Vicente Rojo during and after the Civil War. The article reconstructs Rojo decisions and anxieties from his testi- mony, embodied in some books, but also in an unpublished autobiography. Through interviews with Rojo family members, the author reconstructed some episodes of everyday life during the war and exile to highlight the human dimension of this soldier at critical moments. if the exile was a bitter refuge, back to home became a curse for General Rojo, as we can be seen in his memorialist writ- ings, for his isolation and misfortune, and for what he considered a lack of companionship from some of his former comrades. For him, it was a sorrowful memory.
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COLOMINES I COMPANYS, Agustí. Las lealtades del general Vicente Rojo. Un militar fiel a su profesión. Historia Contemporánea. 2022. Vol. 69, num. 577-604. ISSN 1130-2402. [consulted: 19 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/190113