Duration: 4'49''
Violence, imprisonment and torture was implemented against people who opposed Franco.
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Franco and the Pact of Forgetting | Storyville
An introduction to the Spanish Civil War and it's legacy, with the 1975 Pact of Forgetting.
Franco's victims | Storyville
Witness statements are gathered from victims to be used in a court case in Argentina.
Mass graves | Storyville
The sites of numerous mass graves from the Franco era.
Stolen babies | Storyville
Investigating the mothers who were told that their babies had died, when they had been taken away for political reasons.
Witness testimonials | Storyville
Witness testimonials of the brutality of Spain under Franco.
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