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212 international fighters resisting Franco's forces in Spain's Civil War found in mass graves in Catalunya

Catalunya mass graves discovered of foreign fighters who resisted Franco’s forces in Spain’s Civil War

212 international fighters from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands who disappeared in Catalunya during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 have been identified in mass graves. Two studies by the

31 Jul, 2023 @ 14:12

Catalunya·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News

Spain starts exhuming remains from Franco era mausoleum near Madrid

WORK started on Monday to exhume 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum near Madrid. The Democratic Memory Ministry said that a specialist team will

13 Jun, 2023 @ 10:15

Lead·Madrid·National News

Two Thirds Of Mass Graves Containing Victims Of Franco Regime Have Been Exhumed In Spain's Valencia Region

Two-thirds of mass graves containing Franco era victims have been exhumed in Spain’s Valencia region

TWO-THIRDS of identified mass graves in the Valencian Community containing executed victims during General Franco’s regime have been exhumed. Figures published on a new regional Democratic Memory website show that 2,166 bodies

1 Feb, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·Castellon·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Dozens of Spanish Civil War victims found in mass graves in northern Spain

THE grim task of exhuming, identifying and reburying dozens of victims of the Spanish Civil War has started after two mass graves were found. Archaeologists discovered the bodies at a cemetery in

26 Oct, 2021 @ 17:15

Lead·National News

Never forgotten: Exhumations to finally close chapter on civil war tragedy in Spain’s Granada

THE remains of over 300 people executed without trial then tossed into mass graves are to finally be exhumed. The victims from Granada include teachers, labourers, dressmakers and political activists – men

25 Apr, 2021 @ 14:15

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A NATION DIVIDED: Spain’s bloody past is still causing divisions today

IMAGINE if, rather than losing the Second World War and committing suicide in Berlin, Adolf Hitler had successfully invaded the British Isles and ruled them as a dictator before dying peacefully in

14 Feb, 2021 @ 13:55

Lead·National News

Valencian government moves to exhume 500 mass graves scattered across the Community following the Spanish Civil War

A YOUNG girl shot and killed for holding a pamphlet in Dolores, a professor dispatched without prior trial in Alicante – these are the stories about to resurface as the Valencian Community

1 Oct, 2019 @ 15:10

Costa Blanca·Lead

Andalucia to look for missing victims of Franco

Local government to step up search for estimated 60,000 missing bodies in southern Spain

13 Mar, 2014 @ 10:21

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