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Tag: Spanish Civil War (1936-39)

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Turning 100, a Former Spanish Soldier Laments the Curse of His Birth Year

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020RAPHAEL MINDERComments Off on Turning 100, a Former Spanish Soldier Laments the Curse of His Birth Year

Andreu Canet is one of the last survivors of the “baby bottle conscription.” Born in 1920, they were drafted as teenagers in an ill-fated bid to stop Franco from winning Spain’s civil war.

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Using a Law It Hates, Far Right in Spain Takes Aim at Franco’s Rivals

October 18, 2020October 19, 2020RAPHAEL MINDERComments Off on Using a Law It Hates, Far Right in Spain Takes Aim at Franco’s Rivals

Vox, an ultranationalist party in Madrid, is working to remove memorials to Socialist figures of the 1930s, calling the effort a warning that a “law of historical memory” should be abolished.

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Coronavirus Depletes the Keepers of Europe’s Memory

June 6, 2020June 7, 2020JASON HOROWITZComments Off on Coronavirus Depletes the Keepers of Europe’s Memory

The pandemic has hastened the departure of witnesses to the wrenching conflicts of the last century, allowing rising political forces to recast history.

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Rafael Gómez Nieto, Last Member of Unit That Helped Liberate Paris, Dies at 99

April 5, 2020RAPHAEL MINDERComments Off on Rafael Gómez Nieto, Last Member of Unit That Helped Liberate Paris, Dies at 99

Mr. Gómez, a veteran of the Spanish Civil War who served in a French unit that entered Paris in 1944, was infected by the coronavirus.

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Spain’s Far Right Emerges as a Force by Tapping a New Nationalism

November 11, 2019RAPHAEL MINDERComments Off on Spain’s Far Right Emerges as a Force by Tapping a New Nationalism

Sunday’s election did little to help end the government deadlock. But it yielded one clear winner, the far-right Vox party, which has thrived amid a conflict over Catalonia.

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Franco’s Remains Are Exhumed and Reburied After Bitter Battle

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019RAPHAEL MINDERComments Off on Franco’s Remains Are Exhumed and Reburied After Bitter Battle

The removal of the dictator’s remains from a basilica near Madrid, weeks before a national election in Spain, was denounced by some for stirring painful memories.

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Spain Is Exhuming Franco After Long and Bitter Battle

October 24, 2019RAPHAEL MINDERComments Off on Spain Is Exhuming Franco After Long and Bitter Battle

The removal of the dictator’s remains from a basilica near Madrid, weeks before a national election, was denounced by some for stirring painful memories.

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About to Exhume Franco, Spain Faces 33,000 Others Buried With Him

October 19, 2019October 19, 2019RAPHAEL MINDERComments Off on About to Exhume Franco, Spain Faces 33,000 Others Buried With Him

At the Valley of the Fallen, enemies and allies alike were buried near Spain’s former dictator, Francisco Franco, whose remains are about to be moved.

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Spanish Court Approves Franco’s Exhumation

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019RAPHAEL MINDERComments Off on Spanish Court Approves Franco’s Exhumation

The ruling follows a yearlong judicial battle between the caretaker Socialist government and the dictator’s family.

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Franco’s Exhumation Is Delayed by Spanish Court

June 4, 2019RAPHAEL MINDERComments Off on Franco’s Exhumation Is Delayed by Spanish Court

The Supreme Court put the government’s plan on hold indefinitely to give his relatives more time to pursue their appeal.

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