2007-11-03 22:51 After Franco, the forgetting
By Giles Tremlett, the author of Ghosts of Spain (THE GUARDIAN, 03/11/07): They dug up yet another mass grave in Spain this week, this time near the village of Arndiga, 45 miles from Zaragoza. The bones of eight men, all trade unionists, lay where they had been hurriedly buried more than 70 years ago in the early days of the civil war. They had been shot at the same spot by supporters of General Francisco Franco.The eight were never tried. It was enough for them to be known leftwingers, members …
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2007-11-01 09:20 Касьцёл змагаецца за памяць нацыі, нават калі нацыя ад …
By Jason Webb MADRID, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The Catholic Church is preparing to beatify 498 of its members killed during the Spanish Civil War, putting them on the path to possible sainthood but reviving memories of a conflict that still divides Spain. Most of those to be honoured at Sunday's ceremony in Rome, the biggest mass beatification ever and to be attended by thousands of Spanish pilgrims, were priests or nuns killed by left-wing militias at the outbreak of the 1936-39 war. Many Catholic cl …
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2007-08-25 09:01 "Spain must exorcise the demons of the Francoist era" segn el Finacial Times (English, of course)
"Spain must exorcise the demons of the Francoist era" segn el Finacial Times (English, of course)
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