This Fort Worth native joined about 90 African Americans who fought in Spain’s civil war
Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...
A button and a buckle: the memory of Franco's firing squads 85 years on
Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco.
Franco's victims' families recover remains from mass grave 85 years on
Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco.
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Francisco Franco
Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war ... He joined a military coup, fought ruthlessly in the Spanish Civil War, and emerged as the dictator of Spain. For almost 40 years ...
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UN recommends Spain to overturn 1977 amnesty law that ‘forgets’ Franco’s era crimes
United Nations has called for Spain to overturn a 1977 amnesty law that pardons crimes committed during the 36-year dictatorship of General Francisco Franco ... Spain's civil war and subsequent ...
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Franco dictatorship splits Spain 50 years after death
Spain's conservative opposition will boycott the start of official commemorations marking the 50th anniversary of right-wing dictator Francisco ... the 1936-1939 civil war and Franco stems from ...
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Art During Dictatorship: Abstraction In Spain Under Franco
The half that came of age and worked under the shadow of Francisco Franco’s authoritarian ... Following, and because of, the Spanish Civil War, Franco’s Spain was weak, poor and internally ...