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Historical Memory

Articles tagged with: Historical Memory

27 October 2019 05:38 PM

A portrait of Tomàs Verdaguer Roqué, a Spanish Civil War soldier whose remains were returned to his family 80 years after his death, in October 2017 (by Xavier Verdaguer)

The two sides of the Civil War legacy

The return of the remains of a Republican soldier found in an unmarked grave provide a stark contrast to the exhumation of dictator Franco

Society

24 September 2019 12:32 PM

Relatives of people disappeared during the Franco dictatorship protest a Supreme Court decision to put on hold the dictator's exhumation (by Andrea Zamorano)

Supreme Court authorizes exhumation of Spain’s late dictator Francisco Franco

President Sánchez’s plans to relocate remains get green light 15 months later

Society

19 May 2019 02:33 PM

George Orwell's son, Richard Blair, answers questions at the Benjamin Franklin School of Barcelona on May 15 (Aina Sastre/ACN)

George Orwell’s son follows father’s steps in Barcelona during Spanish Civil War

Richard Blair toured the site, commenting on Spain’s historical memory policies: “We can’t have a black hole in history – something has happened”

Culture

14 April 2019 12:09 PM

A statue dedicated to Neus Català in one of the squares of her home town, Els Guiamets (by ACN)

Neus Català was an ‘extraordinary woman,’ mourns Catalan president

The Catalan Women’s Institute grieves the death of the death of the concentration camp survivor who spent years fighting for recognition of women refugees and in the resistance

Society

13 April 2019 09:39 PM

Neus Català, Catalan survivor of the Ravensbrück concentration camp in 2010 (by ACNl)

Neus Català, last Catalan Ravensbrück survivor, dies aged 103

The antifascist fighter who lived through the Nazi concentration camp was given the highest awards from Barcelona and the Catalan government

Society

25 January 2019 08:57 PM

A Francoist tank on Passeig de Gracia in 1939

80 years since Barcelona fell to Franco

City council posthumously stripped dictator and officials of honors on Friday

Society

09 November 2018 06:19 PM

Containers holding the remains exhumed from the mass graves around Prats de Lluçanès, reburied on November 9 2018 (by Laura Busquets)

Remains of 18 Republican Civil War soldiers put to rest

Bodies exhumed from mass graves are reburied "with dignity" in central Catalonia

Society

10 January 2018 04:52 PM

The women featured in the documentary 'Les Nenes de la Guerra' at the pre presentation on January 10 2018 (by Lourdes Casademont)

Survivors of Spanish Civil War remembered in documentary

‘Les nenes de la Guerra’ retells the childhood wartime experience of twelve elderly women through photos and interviews

Society

12 September 2017 02:47 PM

Skeleton found in mass grave in Vilanova del Meià (by Estela Busoms)

Spain’s inaction in reparations for Civil War and dictatorship crimes “alarming,” UN says

The whereabouts of more than 114,000 people remain unknown 40 years after the end of Franco's regime

Society

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