Luis Andrés Edo, Albert Meltzer, Doris Ensinger (Luis's partner)
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Luis Andrés Edo, Albert Meltzer, Doris Ensinger (Luis's partner)
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Barcelona, La Rambla, 1986
Stuart on the life of Luis Andrés Edo:
"1946 – Sent to the Modelo prison for “pilfering from a goods train”, charged with having stolen a sack of potatoes (as part of a “campaign” to feed families during the hungry years)
1947 – On military service near the French-Spanish border, deserted for the first time on 27 December.
In France, came into contact with CNT activists.
1951 – First clandestine trip back to Spain.
1952 – In August, second clandestine trip to Spain. Arrested. Taken to the fortress in Figueres, convicted for desertion and jailed there until…
1954 – Escaped a second time.
He then lived in Paris where he made the acquaintance of Laureano Cerrada, El Quico, etc. Became a member of the Libertarian Youth (FIJL).
1961 . – Joined Defensa Interior.
1966 – Was arrested with comrades in Madrid in October and given a 9 year jail term, being freed in 1972 under the amnesty granted in relation to the MATESA affair.
1974 – Arrested in June in Barcelona following the abduction in Paris of the banker Baltasar Suárez. Freed under an amnesty in June 1976.
December 1976 – April 1977 – Coordinating Secretary of the Regional Committee of Catalonia (resigned together with other Regional Committee members).
October 1980. – Arrested in the wake of Lucio Uturbia’s arrest in Paris and questioned for a fortnight under “anti-terrorist legislation”. Held until August 1981. Tried in October 1984 and acquitted of all charges.
1985-1987. – Director of Solidaridad Obrera.
December 1988. – Appointed secretary of the Catalonian Regional Committee, holding this post until he resigned in 1990 after making a complaint of corruption against Prenafeta and being shunned and criticised by a number of comrades and trade unions.
December 1988. – Elected president of the Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo (a post he held until June 1989).
1990-2002. – Elected four times on to the board of the Fundació d’Estudis Llibertaris y anarcosindicalistes (FELLA).
1993. – Co-organiser of the ‘Anarchist World Exhibition’.
2003 – Published La Corriente. The manuscript was written surreptitiously while in prison in 1968. Published by the FELLA.
2006. – Published La CNT en la encrucijada. Aventuras de un heterodoxo (publisher, Ed.Flor de Viento, Barcelona)."
Stuart Christie, July 2011
Stuart on the life of Luis Andrés Edo:
"1946 – Sent to the Modelo prison for “pilfering from a goods train”, charged with having stolen a sack of potatoes (as part of a “campaign” to feed families during the hungry years)
1947 – On military service near the French-Spanish border, deserted for the first time on 27 December.
In France, came into contact with CNT activists.
1951 – First clandestine trip back to Spain.
1952 – In August, second clandestine trip to Spain. Arrested. Taken to the fortress in Figueres, convicted for desertion and jailed there until…
1954 – Escaped a second time.
He then lived in Paris where he made the acquaintance of Laureano Cerrada, El Quico, etc. Became a member of the Libertarian Youth (FIJL).
1961 . – Joined Defensa Interior.
1966 – Was arrested with comrades in Madrid in October and given a 9 year jail term, being freed in 1972 under the amnesty granted in relation to the MATESA affair.
1974 – Arrested in June in Barcelona following the abduction in Paris of the banker Baltasar Suárez. Freed under an amnesty in June 1976.
December 1976 – April 1977 – Coordinating Secretary of the Regional Committee of Catalonia (resigned together with other Regional Committee members).
October 1980. – Arrested in the wake of Lucio Uturbia’s arrest in Paris and questioned for a fortnight under “anti-terrorist legislation”. Held until August 1981. Tried in October 1984 and acquitted of all charges.
1985-1987. – Director of Solidaridad Obrera.
December 1988. – Appointed secretary of the Catalonian Regional Committee, holding this post until he resigned in 1990 after making a complaint of corruption against Prenafeta and being shunned and criticised by a number of comrades and trade unions.
December 1988. – Elected president of the Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo (a post he held until June 1989).
1990-2002. – Elected four times on to the board of the Fundació d’Estudis Llibertaris y anarcosindicalistes (FELLA).
1993. – Co-organiser of the ‘Anarchist World Exhibition’.
2003 – Published La Corriente. The manuscript was written surreptitiously while in prison in 1968. Published by the FELLA.
2006. – Published La CNT en la encrucijada. Aventuras de un heterodoxo (publisher, Ed.Flor de Viento, Barcelona)."
Stuart Christie, July 2011
Creator
Branwen Christie
Date
1986
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Branwen Christie, “Luis Andrés Edo, Albert Meltzer, Doris Ensinger (Luis's partner),” Stuart Christie Memorial Archive, accessed May 9, 2025, https://stuartchristie.maydayrooms.org/items/show/338.