In 1967, Che Guevara left this beautiful world forever in a small tile house in Bolivia.
Before that, he hid in the dense forests of Bolivia with the few remaining guerrillas, not only to avoid the Americans all day long, but also to suffer ammunition and food shortages.
Unfortunately, the teammates who joined the revolution did not have the same firm will as he did. Betrayed by his cronies, Guevara was arrested by a Bolivian army of up to a thousand men trained by the Americans.
During the execution, he was not afraid, but instead said to the enemy, "I know you are going to kill me here." Shoot, coward, you're going to kill a man. This sentence cost Che Guevara his life and left nine bullet holes in his body.
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Che Guevara was a world-famous revolutionary, and most people don't know much about his deeds, but have heard his name.
Guevara was born into a wealthy Argentine aristocratic family and served as the last governor of Peru. Although Che Guevara was the son of a rich family, he often dealt with the poor; in the process of communication, he gradually became confused about the huge gap between rich and poor in Argentine society.
At first, Che Guevara wanted to become a doctor. In his heart, saving lives and helping the injured is a moral act, and it is also a great way to realize the value of his life.
Due to the good family conditions, after going to college, Che Guevara often traveled with friends. Later, they also went to Latin America together.
The scene in Latin America was different from what Che Guevara had in mind, who had thought that in this fertile land, the Latin American people were free and happy.
In fact, when he arrived in Latin America, he found that the local people had long been reduced to a tool for the United States to accumulate wealth — they sold their cheap labor, and even land resources became a weapon for Americans to realize the "American Dream".
Despite its magnificent natural scenery of desert rocks and dense rainforests, Guevara's heart was deeply shaken by the miserable life of the Latin American people.
Since then, Che Guevara has felt that his mission is enormous. He gave up a bright future and a prosperous life, embarked on a confused and unknown path - he came to Guatemala to help the local revolutionary team against American hegemonism.
Before setting out, he wrote in his previous diaries: "The person who wrote these diaries died when he re-embarked on Argentine soil, and I am no longer me".
Che Guevara became famous in one fell swoop, but his change and development were always inseparable from the influence of those around him. If Che Guevara was a young, immature Communist when he first threw himself into battle, he became more and more mature after much struggle and identified the direction of the struggle.
In this process, there is no shortage of people with lofty ideals and relatives and friends to support and encourage him. And those of us who look back on this history decades later will naturally be curious about his relatives and comrades-in-arms.
Aleda · March is one of the characters who has been discussed a lot. Some people may feel unfamiliar with her name, but mentioning her name as "Che Guevara's second wife" will suddenly make everyone realize.
This lady has always had a lot of discussion in the crowd: her identity is extremely special, that is, the wife of a "combat hero", a "revolutionary pioneer", and his closest comrade-in-arms.
In fact, anyone who has seen a photo of Aleda March will be amazed by her amazing appearance.
Aleda March has a face "fit to be a movie star"; such a woman, no matter what era she is placed in, will be particularly cared for by society. But to the bewilderment of many, Aleda chose a path that was unusually hard and difficult to understand.
During her college years, Aleda liked to read romantic literature, and she hoped that she could have a vigorous love story like the heroine in the novel.
By chance, Aleda came into contact with the Austrian writer Vicky Baum and read the famous "Headless Angel" book. The description of the Mexican Revolution in the book greatly aroused Aleda's interest in the historical development of Latin America.
It was a dangerous but fascinating history, and Aleda fell in love with it; she began frantically searching for books about the revolution, with a level of enthusiasm that amazed her friends around her.
Years later, Aleda recalled the past, choosing to describe it in a not-so-positive term:
"I think in a way, I'm getting closer and closer to the life of the protagonist in the work. So, if I were to look back on my life in a personal, somewhat private way and sum it up in one word, I would have to choose 'fear' or 'fear'. ”
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After graduating from college, Aleda joined the partisans due to her passion for revolution; it was there that she became acquainted with Che Guevara.
At that time, Che Guevara was already a well-known revolutionary fighter, playing the role of commander in the ranks. Aleda had the privilege of being assigned to his side as his assistant.
Aleda once confessed: "Before becoming my partner, Che already had excellent qualities. "One can imagine such a young officer, with both extraordinary courage and firm faith; he must have been a shining star in the eyes of others, let alone a young girl like Aleda."
Thus, the sight of Aleda and Che Guevara's first meeting struck the former in mind. At that time, Aleda was in Escambrai, a long stretch of mountainous area in which there was a hidden danger.
Aleda is no stranger to the area, but she is about to face "some extremely serious incidents" and potentially vicious enemies. Fortunately, Aleda's team was not alone, and reinforcements soon arrived here:
"That area is no stranger to me, and it has a special appeal to me: it was my first contact with rebels who had already traveled through parts of the country from the former Orente province. They belonged to the Eighth Column, commanded by the well-known Argentine Che. ”
Aleda, who was entrusted with the mission assigned by the command of the "July 26 Movement" in the former las Viljas province, had to stay in Mount Eskambury to deal with the close surveillance of the dictatorship of Furhencio Batista.
At first, Aleda did not know the rebels, and they watched each other, cautiously and curiously.
"Admittedly, if they only look at the outside, they must feel that I do not look like a guerrilla, and those inquiring eyes are not strange. If you take a good look, you will find that I look like nothing and will not look like a warrior. ”
Aleda recalls that scene and still finds it very strange. Many journalists and writers have always fantasized about the scene as a picture of a prince and a princess, giving it a dreamy color, but only Aleda knows, "It has nothing to do with fairy tales".
A letter from 1965 reveals some real feelings. The letter, sent from Congo, read: "When I met a blonde, blue-eyed, chubby elementary school teacher... On that afternoon, I felt the traces of the plaster and fought a little between one blameless revolutionary and another. ”
In this letter, Che Guevara unreservedly confides his love to his wife, but his heart is both painful and sweet when he has to choose between the identities of "disciplined revolutionary" and "man with personal feelings and needs."
In 1959, shortly after divorcing his first wife, Che Guevara married his second wife, Aleda. On the third day after their marriage, the two traveled together to the small town of Talalla near Havana for their honeymoon.
Due to the special status of the two, this honeymoon trip was not a complete pleasure. It was not only Aleda who rushed to Talalá, but also his revolutionary teammates; Che Guevara had one night after another with comrades in this town with fresh sea breezes and turquoise waters.
Although Che Guevara spent most of his time at work, Guevara had to spend a short time with his wife to enjoy the waterfront scenery and have fun, but Aleda never complained about this, nor did she show any disappointed expression on her face.
The few short weeks in Talalla brought so much joy and happiness to Aleda, recalling: "We lived in that villa for two months. Although it did not become a home in the true sense of the word, that time left me with many happy memories. ”
In just a few decades after Che Guevara's death, his image had changed from a "great proletarian revolutionary fighter" to a "current element".
The capitalists enlarged his portrait and printed it on clothes and backpacks; even on keychains or cigarette cases one could find images of him.
The younger generation did not understand the history of that period of suffering, but they increasingly found this "young man" wearing a black beret, cigar in his mouth, with thick, curly hair and melancholy eyes, cool.
People began to ignore the spirit of Che Guevara and worshipped him as another "spirit"—a fashionable totem, a way of life that represented "rebellion".
"Today, the image of Che is explained more and more coolly, spreading more and more widely, but in fact, this is getting farther and farther away from the real Cut."
In 2011, "A Soldier's Diary" was first published in Cuba; as Che Guevara's widow, Aleda first appeared at the signing ceremony. "I hope that the Cuban people and the people of the whole world will know about Che Guevara and stop distorting the facts,"
As Aleda says, "These diaries are 'unedited' and are a true representation of Che Guevara's 'work, thoughts and lives'. ”
Although in this book, Aleda contains some fragments that may be very different from the "glorious image of Che Guevara" conceived by the world, she is firmly convinced that these facts should be presented in the book and understood by the public.
"The Diary of a Soldier was published to give people the truth about Che Guevara", which not only shows Guevara's shock in the face of the plight of the poor, but also reveals his natural impulse to kill bloodily.
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Aleda March bore Guevara four children, three daughters and one male: Aleda, Camelot, Celia and Ernesto.
Daughter Aleda was born in 1960, and four years later Che Guevara left Cuba for Bolivia; therefore, the daughter's memory of her father was about zero.
When Aleda held up a precious photograph of Guevara holding a cigar, he was talking and laughing with the man on the left, and the one on the left was Fidel Castro, an important comrade of Guevara. Castro held the young Aleda, and she was the only one watching the camera.
"Although the angle of the shooting made it look like my father was handing me a cigar, this was not the case, in fact he almost never smoked next to me." Aleda laughed. This photo is her only memory of her father when she was young.
Because his father was known as the "Argentine revolutionary", in the eyes of many people, Aleda was born with an aura. However, in Aleda's own mind, her family is no different from an ordinary family.
In Aleda's memory, her father had only met him once. With Castro's support, Guevara returned to Havana after a bit of disguise, but he played not his father, but "his father's friend."
After the family had dinner, Aleda accidentally fell. The "father's friend" next to him saw this, kindly healed her wounds, and hugged her young and comforted her with gentle words. "I think this man loves me very much," Aleda later told her mother.
Today, Aleda is the age of knowing her destiny and has her own daughter. She often supported the revolutionary movement in Cuba and traveled to England as a guest to promote the Cuban Year of Culture to the public.
Speaking about her father, Aleda told reporters: "My father knows how to love. That's his greatest strength——— he'll love. To be a qualified revolutionary, you have to be romantic. He can dedicate himself to the cause of others. This was the core of his faith. ”
Yes, she also became a doctor, constantly studying Marxist ideas in her spare time.
Aleda once said that she could only lead by example, but she could not impose her ideals on others, especially her own children.
As Alaida's brother, Camelot had similar thoughts. He was the same age as Aleda and was the second eldest of the family's children. Inheriting Che Guevara's genes, Camillo also had the same gritty forehead and eyes; his name was also derived from Guevara's close comrade-in-arms, Major Camillo Cienfuegos.
Camelot did not engage in revolutionary activities like his sister, he did not even care much about the revolutionary cause, but was at ease as an ordinary photographer. But like his sister, Camelot has few memories of his father.
Fortunately, before my father left, he took a lot of photos of his family. Among them, there are children taking pictures with their fathers, and there are also photos taken by fathers for children.
Among the many photos, one of the background pictures is a photo of the beach, which is particularly popular with Camilo. In the photo, he is still a baby with teeth and teeth, in his infancy, but there is already trust and admiration between relatives in the eyes of his father. Perhaps by providence, these father's photographs piqued his interest in videography.
During a visit to China at the "Cuban Avant-Garde Art Exhibition", as expected, Camillo saw a work with his father's head. His companions asked him to take the photo and created a suitable atmosphere for him, but Camelot resolutely refused.
Camilo was deeply touched by his father, and he did not want to be portrayed by the outside world as "the son of Che Guevara", nor did he want to use his father's name to make himself gain fame and fortune.
After visiting the exhibition, Camillo collated dozens of photographs of Guevara. He believes that Che Guevara has always been a "hero" in the eyes of others, and people have always habitually embedded this "great man" in layers of frameworks.
Now, Camillo wants the public to see a different Che Guevara, not on the surface, but in what the latter sees, and understands the real him.
"Che Guevara has a lot of faces, and I want to let people know more about him by saying more accurately about him... Not a hero, not a politician, but a 'photographer' Che Guevara. Camelot said.
In Che Guevara's memoir, The Rose and the Revolution: My Husband Is Che Guevara, wife Aleda brings back to the light of vision a husband who has become a "symbol" in modern society.
Aleda depicts the real Che Guevara. Unlike the research of experts and scholars, here Che Guevara appears to be flesh and blood, and one can't help but dispel the near-"deified" view of him.
Aleda was not gifted for writing, her language was not as sophisticated as that of a writer, her words were full of simple sentences; perhaps Aleda was merely describing "the Che Guevara of her heart."
However, as Che Guevara's widow, it is rare to have the courage to share the story between the two to the world. As Aleda herself put it:
"The reason why I am willing to look back and comb through this short, slightly different past now is not only to tell the details of my life, but also to provide myself with a reason or excuse to remember the days when I was around me."