The CSIC has made a digital archive public that documents 500 purges of scientists after the Civil War, revealing their Francoist past and the impact of the dictatorship on the Spanish scientific community. (translated)
Sadí de Buen, a prominent epidemiologist and advocate for public health, led a successful campaign against malaria in Spain from 1920 to 1936, but was executed by the Francoist regime in 1936, taking with him the progress made in the fight against this disease after the Civil War. (translated)
The article tells the story of Isabel Rodríguez Sánchez-Collado, known as 'La Truena', a brave speaker in the republican Don Benito who was executed without trial by Francoist troops in 1938, and the recent effort by her family to rescue her memory and legacy after almost ninety years of silence. (translated)
The CSIC reveals its Francoist past: an archive reconstructs 500 purges of scientists after the Civil War. (translated)
A recent investigation has identified 73 sites of Francoist repression in the Balearic Islands, revealing a network of prisons and concentration camps more extensive than previously known, and highlighting gestures of resistance from prisoners who documented their suffering through drawings, letters, and writings on clothing. (translated)
RTVE enters for the first time into the crypts of Cuelgamuros to show the search for the victims of Francoism. (translated)
The University of Granada has launched the project 'The Lights of Those Who Are No Longer Here', which aims to recover the biographies of those persecuted by Francoism through an online newspaper archive accessible to all citizens, promoting historical memory and the connection between generations. (translated)
The Island of San Simón, which served as a concentration camp during Franco's regime, has been officially declared a place of democratic memory by the Government, recognizing that it housed 5,600 prisoners between 1936 and 1943, and that more than 500 people died in precarious and abusive conditions. (translated)
Son Coletes, located in Manacor, is a cemetery that has had a significant history, from its beginnings in 1820 as a burial place for victims of the plague, to becoming an emblematic symbol of Francoist repression in the Balearic Islands, where the remains of emblematic figures like Aurora Picornell were found, highlighted in the recent work of historian Toni Tugores that documents its evolution and the historical memory related to the Civil War and Francoism. (translated)
The right-wing Ayuso from the PP has promoted a restaurant that makes Francoist apologia and violates the Law of Democratic Memory. It is worth remembering that the Francoist García Serrano was the boss of the "journalist" Isabel Díaz Ayuso and said that she was a fierce Falangist. (translated)
The Government of Extremadura has initiated the process to declare the Cross of the Fallen in Cáceres as a Good of Cultural Interest, thus defying the order of the Spanish Government to remove it due to its connection with Francoism, in a political context where this decision has been a demand of Vox to support the investiture of María Guardiola. (translated)
The bars that make apologia for Francoism as a symptom. The insufficient democratic memory and the ties of the right with Francoism. (translated)
Rosita Díaz Gimeno, a prominent actress of the Republic and a pioneer in Hollywood, saw her career cut short by the false announcement of her execution during the Civil War and suffered an exile that would silence her career, turning her into an emblematic figure of the injustices of Francoism. (translated)
The article deals with the complications associated with exhumations in the Cuelgamuros area, where from more than 216 requests to find family members, the government has so far returned only 25 remains, including those of victims of the Franco regime, while these efforts have been thwarted by legal means from ultra-communists, and many families, such as the Lapeña family, have been waiting for justice for over ten years. (translated)
The Official State Gazette (BOE) has declared the Pazo de Meirás, the former summer residence of the dictator Francisco Franco, as a Place of Democratic Memory, emphasizing its significance as a symbol of Francoist power and its role in the contemporary history of Galicia and Spain. (translated)
The BOE has declared the Pazo de Meirás as an "essential" place of democratic memory in Spain, highlighting its connection with Emilia Pardo Bazán and its role as a symbol of Francoism, in addition to mentioning its history linked to the opposition to the democratic regime during the Second Republic and the political repression of the dictatorship. (translated)
The Government has officially declared the Pazo de Meirás as a place of democratic memory, emphasizing its symbolism in the processes of destruction and reconstruction of democracy in Spain since 1936, after having been in the hands of Franco and his descendants until a court ruling returned it to the State. (translated)
The Government of Spain has officially declared the Pazo de Meirás, the former summer residence of Francisco Franco, as a Place of Democratic Memory, acknowledging its historical significance and linking it to the figure of Emilia Pardo Bazán, and establishing that its use will be regulated in accordance with human rights and as a tribute to the victims of Francoism. (translated)
The Popular Party has halved the number of Francoist victims in Ibiza, causing frustration among the members of the Fòrum per sa Memòria, who denounce that almost all the victims of the Italian bombings are being omitted and criticize the government's lack of interest in their situation. (translated)
The article focuses on the Spanish roots of Geri Halliwell, a representative of the Spice Girls, and reveals her family history set against the backdrop of Francoism and the Spanish Civil War, shedding light on how this past has influenced her personal and professional life, including her symbolic status within the 'Girl Power' movement. (translated)
