After Franco, the forgetting
They dug up yet another mass grave in Spain this week, this time near the village of Arándiga, 45 miles from Zaragoza. The bones of eight men, all trade unionists, lay where they had been hurriedly buried more than 70 years ago in the early days of the civil war. They had been shot at the same spot by supporters of General Francisco Franco.The eight were never tried. It was enough for them to be known leftwingers, members of the Union of General Workers. Franco's death squads were busy in territory conquered by his army, cleansing it of opponents. The eight men from Arándiga, and thousands of others, were left to rot in their unmarked graves during 39 years of dictatorship.… Seguir leyendo »