Francisco Franco

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10/27/2022
  

  Spain's New Citizenship Law for Exiles from Franco Portends Massive Return from Latin America

  Between the beginning of the Spanish Civil War and the end of the dicatorship in 1978, an estimated 2 million Spaniards fled political persecution by leaving the country. 

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• 9/18/2022
  

  El Caudillo: Colonialist Violence and the Rise of Francisco Franco

  by Giles Tremlet

  A new book on Spanish history includes an examination of the influence of colonialism and conservative Catholicism on the authoritarian worldview and political ruthlessness of Francisco Franco. 

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• SOURCE: BBC
  2/24/2021
  

  Franco: Melilla Enclave Removes Last Statue of Fascist Dictator on Spanish Soil

  The statue was the last standing after a 2007 law recognized the suffering caused by Francoism and began a process of removing memorials to the dictator. 

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• SOURCE: JStor Daily
  12/12/2020
  

  How the Fascists Rewrote Spanish National History

  The revision of myths of Spanish heritage under Franco was rapid and broad, showing how critical those myths were to the goals of fascist rule. 

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• SOURCE: The Los Angeles Times
  11-20-18
  

  70 years later, Spanish historian repeats the act that led to his arrest under Franco

  Nicolas Sanchez-Albornoz was sent to a prison labor camp in a wave of repression by Spain’s Franco dictatorship for painting the words “Long Live Free University!”

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-8-18
  

  In Spain’s ‘Stolen-Babies’ Scandal, Doctor Escapes Punishment

  Spanish dictator Francisco Franco’s regime removed infants from families that opposed him.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-13-18
  

  Spain to Exhume Franco From Monument He Had Built

  Franco had the site built, in part with forced labor, to honor those who “fell for God and Spain” in the Spanish Civil War, and it became one of Europe’s largest mass graves, with the remains of at least 33,000 people.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7-31-18
  

  Digging up Franco: why Spain still can’t decide what to do with the dictator’s body

  by Mark McKinty

  The story of Spain during the 20th century is a complex one.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-7-18
  

  Plan to Exhume Franco Renews Spain’s Wrestle With History

  Within days of taking office, Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced that his government wanted to exhume Franco and move him to a more modest burial place, as part of an effort to atone for the crimes of the civil war and the repression that followed the conflict.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-26-16
  

  Franco Took Decades to Leave the World Stage. His Statue? Only Days.

  Attacks on the headless figure, part of a contentious Barcelona exhibit, show Spain’s continuing struggle with how to confront its dictatorial past.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-16-16
  

  Spanish Archive Raises Franco-Era Ghosts and Shadows of a New Chasm

  The divisions caused by the Spanish Civil War, and the decades of dictatorship it ushered in, ending only with Franco’s death in November 1975, continue to ripple through Spain.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3-24-14
  

  Adolfo Suárez dies at 81; led Spain back to democracy

  Suárez led a new generation of Spanish politicians to power after Franco's death in 1975.