Spanish government takes legal action to shut down Franco foundation
Governing socialists say FNFF fails to comply with legislation that forbids any attempt to glorify regime
May 2024
UN alarm over rightwing laws that could ‘whitewash’ Franco era in Spain
Three UN experts warn proposed ‘harmony laws’ may contravene international human rights standards
December 2023
Why is the US far right finding its savior in Spanish dictator Francisco Franco?
The military general led a nationalist revolt against Spain’s democratic republic from 1936-1939, executing 150,000 of his opponents
October 2023
‘Take flowers to our mass grave’: letters from Spain’s Franco victims collected in new book
Thousands of people were imprisoned and shot by the Franco dictatorship between 1939 and 1944. Their letters home form a moving memorial to their bravery and the strength of love
August 2023
Brief letters
Wake me up when this mess we’re in is over
75 years on, Franco’s cruel punishment haunts Spanish mountain village
July 2023
From the Guardian archive
Spain holds first democratic election after death of Franco – archive, 1977
First Edition newsletter
Can Europe’s marauding far right be slain? Spain’s voters hold the answer
Simon Tisdall
June 2023
Exhumation of civil war dead from Spain’s Valley of Cuelgamuros begins
Scientists aim to analyse remains of 128 people recovered from basilica where thousands were buried
April 2023
Body of Spain’s fascist party founder to be removed from basilica
Family will rebury José Antonio Primo de Rivera in Madrid cemetery to pre-empt state exhumation
February 2023
Carlos Saura obituary
One of Spain’s most celebrated directors best known for his 1990 film ¡Ay Carmela!
October 2022
Spain’s new citizenship law for Franco exiles offers hope in Latin America
HBO Max series ¡García! brings fictional Francoist spy to small screen
Virtual Spanish civil war museum aims to cut through political divide
Spain passes law to bring ‘justice’ to Franco-era victims
September 2022
Book of the day
Personality and Power by Ian Kershaw review – follow the leader… for good or ill
Javier Marías obituary
May 2022
From the Guardian archive
Children fleeing Spanish civil war offered refuge in UK – archive, 1937
In May 1937, a number of governments agreed to offer sanctuary to orphans from the war-torn Basque region of Spain. Nearly 4,000 arrived in the UK
January 2022
The Guardian view on remembering the Spanish civil war: the work must go on
Editorial: Pedro Almodóvar’s new film and a planned national museum both speak to the need to settle accounts with the past
December 2021
Books and films censored under Franco still circulating in Spain
Dictator who died in 1975 stamped out mention of Spanish civil war, sexuality and anti-Catholic views
