Francisco Franco, the Catholic Church and 2 Million Murders
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Description: Critical article alleging atrocities during the civil war.
General Francisco Franco, Spanish Civil War, Anarchism, Catholicism, Spain General Francisco Franco, the Catholic Church Note: the quotes you'll find here are from FRANCO by Paul Preston, Copyright 1994 by Basic Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Numbers in [] refer to Preston's footnotes. Numbers in {} refer to the pages on which you'll find the quotes. Franco was raised a devote Catholic, but saw no contradiction in wanton murder, cruelty and terrorism when he fought for the Spanish Army in Morocco, where he was a commander in Spain's Foreign Legion: "Despite fierce discipline in other matters, no limits were put by Millin Astray or by Franco on the atrocities which were committed against the Moorish villages which they attacked. The decapitation of prisoners and the exhibition of severed heads as trophies was not uncommon. The Duquesa de la Victoria, a philanthropist who organized a team of volunteer nurses, would receive in 1922 a tribute from the Legion. She was given a basket of roses in the center of which lay two severed Moorish heads.[84] When the Dictator General Prime de Rivera visited Morocco in 1926, he was appalled to find one battalion of the Legion awaiting inspection with heads stuck on their bayonets.[85] Indeed, Franco and other officers came to feel a fierce pride in the brutal violence of their men, reveling in their grim reputation. That notoriety was itself a useful weapon in keeping down the colonial population and its efficacy taught Franco much about the exemplary function of terror. In his
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| Page title: | General Francisco Franco, Spanish Civil War, Anarchism, Catholicism, Spain |
| Keywords: | General Francisco Franco catholic church spanish civil war spain fascism anarchism socialism |
| Description: | General Francisco Franco, the Catholic Church and 2 million murders |
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