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Miguel Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera helped serve as dictator, military officer and prime minister of Spain during the Restoration Era. -
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Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right
Spanish political party in the Second Spanish Republic (fascist) -
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Falange
several Spanish political movements and parties dating from the 1930s, and dovetailed with the Fascist movement in Italy -
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Spanish Civil War
After losing the election, Nationalists led by Francisco Franco fought the Republicans who sided with the democratically elected Spanish Republic. Nationalists won and began Franco's rule until 1975. -
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White Terror (Limpieza) Cleansing
These were politically motivated acts of violence, rape, and other crimes committed by the Nationalist movement during the Spanish Civil War and during Francisco Franco's rule as dictator. -
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Red Terrors
Red terrors were acts of violence committed by left side groups. These acts included killing of tens of thousands of people as well as attacks on landowners, industrialists, and politicians, and the desecration and burning of monasteries and churches. -
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Francoist concentration camps
These were many of the concentration camps that were created and coordinated by the Servicio de Colonias Penitenciarias Militarizadas. The first concentration camp, near the location of the castle of El Hecho, was created by Francisco Franco on July 20 1936. The last concentration camp, located at Miranda del Ebro, was closed in 1947. The main function of the camps was to detain Republican prisoners of war. -
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Francoist Spain
Francisco Franco ruled as an authoritarian dictator for almost 40 years. This is highly unusual when compared to other leaders at this time. -
Spanish Coup of July 1939
a group of officers attempted to overthrow the democratic government in a military coup which led to longer civl war -
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Spain aid Germany during WW2
Spain was a non-belligerent duirng the war but did support the Axis side by providing 50,000 volunteers and aid to Germany as well as by opening their ports to Germany -
Organic Law of 1942
stipulated the government to be ultimately responsible for all legislation of the country