Cantos Cautivos
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- Music piece by:Guillermo Núñez (lyrics) and Sergio Vesely (music)
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « This song is based on a poem Guillermo wrote in the Puchuncaví Prison Camp dedicated to his partner Soledad. Of all the songs I composed as a prisoner, this is the only one where the lyrics are not mine. »
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- « Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví »
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A Finger-Picked Cueca from a Solidary Companion (Cueca punteada de un solidario)
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « It is true that the hard experience of torture and prison unified us and at times even generated strong ties of friendship among the prisoners. »
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- « Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « 'Ñaca-ñaca' was an interjection we used at Camp Melinka whenever we wanted to signal and poke fun at any dark thought that might cross our minds. That may be why it seemed the ideal name to give to the paper maché puppet that played the role of the mean king in the puppet stories we performed to entertain the children who came to visit their captive fathers. »
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- « Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví »
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Song of the Seed and the Plant (Canción de la semilla y la planta)
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « The history of the seed and the plant, of which this song forms part, was performed as a play to entertain our audience of children during a family visit to the prison. Imagination had no limits when it came to kindling a small flame of hope in our hearts. »
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- « Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví »
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- Music piece by:Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « The Puchuncaví Prisoners Camp had a daily routine similar to that of military regiments. In a ridiculous ceremony, the flag was raised every morning at dawn and then it was taken down at nightfall. »
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- « Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví »
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- Music piece by:Roberto Ternán
- Testimony by:Alejandro Olate
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- « The youngest among us, aged 17 or even 16 years, did the heaviest work on Dawson Island. We had to fell trees, cut them, split them in two, cut them into wedges, and walk the several hundred meters back to the barracks carrying the logs on our shoulders. »
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- « Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson »
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- Music piece by:Clan 91
- Testimony by:Eduardo Ojeda
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- « We had a comrade who sang beautifully. He was called Peye and was a student at the State Technical University. »
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- « Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson »
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Prayer So You Don't Forget Me (Oración para que no me olvides)
- Music piece by:Óscar Castro (words) and Ariel Arancibia González (music)
- Testimony by:Rosalía Martínez
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Cuatro Álamos, November - December 1974
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- « When Katia Chornik contacted me a few years ago asking me to provide my testimony about my musical experience in prison, I thought I didn’t have much to say. »
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- « Campamento de Prisioneros Cuatro Álamos »
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- Music piece by:Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer
- Testimony by:Eduardo Ojeda
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson, September 1973
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- « We arrived at Dawson Island on the afternoon of
11 September . All we knew was that we had been arrested in the morning - nothing else. »- [...]
- « Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson »
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- Music piece by:Djordje Marinkovic. Chilean adaptation of traditional Serbian song, originally composed in 1916.
- Testimony by:Eduardo Ojeda
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- « We arrived at Dawson Island on the afternoon of