This article is from a middle page of the July 21 issue. It was laid out poorly for the microfiche photo and some of the words in the left-most column of the page were obscured by a fold. I was able to figure out some of them from the context but others left me at a loss. Where I couldn’t decipher a word I replaced it with “xxx.”
Say what you will, but thank God for Franco. He may have held onto power too long, but back then Spain needed him.
Sadly, the truth has been buried by history. But perhaps some day it will be revealed.
Powerful post Homey...Thanks.
I used to live half the year in SE Spain and it was full of terrible memories for a lot of people. Beautiful place but with a great sadness under the surface.
"It is estimated that more than 16,000 priests have been murdered by these same ‘Loyalists....’"
"...With regard to the number of Catholic laymen and laywomen slaughtered by the ‘Loyalists,’ present indications are the figures will go to at least 300,000."
Another great article. Thanks!
Spain's population in 1938 was around 25 million, or slightly less than the US population (about 30 million) during our Civil War of the 1860s.
Americans (north + south) suffered over 600,000 military deaths in that war. The number of civilian deaths was well under 1,000 total, nearly all of them accidental.
I think one difference is that, regardless of everything else, both sides in the US Civil War considered themselves Christians, and at least tried to behave as such.
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