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 Spain Drops 
 Probe Into 
 Franco Crimes 

But plan to dig up mass graves may still go ahead

New York Times New York Times Nov 19, 08 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - One of Spain's leading judges terminated an inquiry into atrocities committed during the 1936-1939 civil war and the ensuing dictatorship, ending the country's first criminal investigation into Francisco Franco's regime. The judge dropped the case after government prosecutors questioned his jurisdiction over what the suit called crimes against humanity. But the planned exhumation of hundreds of victims in mass graves may still take place, reports the New York Times . More »

More about:  Spain • history • crimes against humanity • Francisco Franco • Spanish Civil War

 Spanish Judge 
 Begins Probe 
 of Franco Crimes 

Magistrate also orders poet Federico García Lorca's body exhumed

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Oct 16, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Spanish judge today ordered the grave of poet and playwright Federico García Lorca dug up, and declared 114,000 political killings in the 1930s and later under former dictator General Francisco Franco crimes against humanity, the Guardian reports. The move—part of the first official inquiry into Franco-era crimes—represents a dramatic snub to Spain’s traditional walking-on-eggshells approach to its former dictatorship. More »

More about:  Spain • crimes against humanity • Francisco Franco • Spanish Civil War

A Historical Video Game Shocks Spain

Civil War game lets players fight against— or for—the fascists

New York Times New York Times Nov 23, 07 12:24 PM CST
(Newser) - The New York Times reports on a new video game on sale in Spain that bills itself as the first based on the 1936-39 civil war. Players of Shadows of War can take command the Republican army and reverse the course of history, preventing Franco's 40-year dictatorship—or they can command the Nationalists and hasten it. The game has provoked an outcry across the political spectrum. More »

More about:  video game • Spain • dictatorship • Francisco Franco • Spanish Civil War • Fascism

Anti-Franco Fights Erupt
at Vatican Ceremony

Anger over church role supporting Spanish dictator as it honors clergy

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) Oct 29, 07 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Old wounds were ripped open and fights erupted yesterday as the Vatican beatified 498 priests and nuns killed in the Spanish Civil War. Scuffles between Catholics and leftists broke out near the Vatican's largest-ever beatification ceremony in St. Peter's Square. The Vatican, which supported dictator Francisco Franco during the war, considers the clergy, killed by leftist militias, to be martyrs. More »

More about:  Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Vatican • clergy • beatification • Spanish Civil War

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