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Franco’s victims’ families recover remains from mass grave 85 years on
Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco. While she hardly knew him, receiving his remains 85 years later has brought ...
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A button and a buckle: the memory of Franco's firing squads 85 years on
PATERNA, Spain (Reuters) - Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco. While she hardly knew him, receiving his ...
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Francisco Franco
Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war ... a member of the Spanish royal family. In 1969, he named Juan Carlos as his successor, certain that the future king would keep ...