The faces of terror: Violence during the Franco dictatorship

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The war ended April 1, 1939.1 With it ended not only the class struggle and political contests but also the secular Republic and revolutionary atheism: these demons were exorcised from the body politic by Franco, who claimed divine protection for his victorious army. Spain would begin a new era, which would be marked by its purity, free from the "corruption" of political pluralism, liberalism, and foreign philosophies, not to mention the "Reds," all of whom would be disarmed and captured. The new order, founded on the ruins of Republicanism, would completely eliminate all signs of the society that came before it. Secularism and the workers' movement would be eradicated through a process of terror, and a reign of order, soon to be called franquismo, would establish its hegemony.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUnearthing Franco's Legacy
Subtitle of host publicationMass Graves and the Recovery of Historical Memory in Spain
PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
Pages90-120
Number of pages31
ISBN (Print)9780268032685
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

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