Franco's Ghost - Spain

April 2007

To some, the government's decision to recognize victims of Franco's regime is simply righting past wrongs. But many don't want to revisit this painful period of Spanish history.

"In Spanish history books, there are some blank pages", states Francisco Espinosa. "Only the side of the dictatorship has been told". His father was killed by Franco's men during the civil war. Now he hopes to identify his father's body and give him a proper burial. Since Franco died more than 30 years ago, there has been a nationwide pact of silence about the atrocities committed during the civil war. Now the government wants to reopen the archives and offer compensation to the Nationalists' victims. But these plans are reopening old wounds for the Rupublicans' victims.

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[russianpostman]

''for the empire towards God'' was the official slogan. The only ones who take exception to that are athiest marxists.

[LifeLibertyLove]

@BobbyHuertas70 We can and we will. The Liberty Tree must be refreshed time and time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

[BobbyHuertas70]

@cocotena VIva Espana!



[BobbyHuertas70]

A completely one-sided documentary. Where was any talk of the republican chekas? or of the hundred of Catholic martyrs that the commies killed?

[BobbyHuertas70]

@cainbeech12 Too bad he didn't get your parents.

[BobbyHuertas70]

@LifeLibertyLove He is, my friend. He is. In fact, I wish we could to in the USA what he did for Spain in his lifetime. A truely remarkable man.

[MiddleEasternBeauti]

OMG!!....spain as a country has suffered alot!!!...i feel bad for spanish people.And that old guy broke my heart :(.....

[CommunistPartyNation]

@TheAnimeDuke He killed his own people.......

[AtheismCentral]

@TheAnimeDuke

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