SANT POL DE MAR – Quinta hora es – Juan Petry – 2022
SANT POL DE MAR – Quinta hora es – Juan Petry – 2022
On February 15 in 1714 the troops of Philip V. wanted to lead Catalonia into French absolutism and 50 brave men entrenched themselves in the marina tower. Again the people of Sant Pol de Mar were fighting for their freedom and independence, like so many times before and after.
The history of Sant Pol de Mar is closely linked to the history of Catalonia. The integrative power of language has repeatedly fueled the desire for freedom and independence. The natural desire to give space to ones own identity and culture has usually been abused by bad leaders. In my family too, brothers and sisters have always faced each other in the struggle for dominance in the region. During the Spanish Civil War, part of the family went to Venezuela, others hid themselves in the narrow streets of Barcelona or stayed behind in the small fishermen village Sant Pol de Mar. A courageous woman made her way to France, was imprisoned in a concentration camp near der village Pau, from which she was able to escape after a while. She then crossed France on foot. She had taken along a slip of paper with an address of acquaintances in a distant unknown country way up north. The city was and is called Cologne, which means colony, for their roman founders the city in the diaspora.
The courageous woman fled from the Spanish Civil War and found her great love in the Cathedral city. She ran away from a war against the people, and she ran into the Second World War, which I would now – with some distance and caution – like to call a civil war as well.
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