Vida Clandestina

I, Enrique Oltuski, was born in Cuba in 1933. As Jews in Poland, my parents were discriminated against, and they were put into isolated ghettos. By 1929, they had decided to escape to the New World when they arrived in Cuba. For the first years in Cuba, my father had many financial difficulties. He had started a shoe business that was yet to get started during the economic worldwide depression. My mother decided to bring me to …

…to me, in more detail, his experiences with Che and Fidel Castro. Of course, I would also like to know how Enrique felt those days when both his life and the revolution lay in the balance. Most importantly, I am interested in knowing what Castro, Oltuski, and other radicals did to stabilize the government in the early days after the movement. In conclusion, I would like to know more about Enrique Oltuski, the overall man.