In Spain between 1936-1945, the Franco regime carried out one
Europe 's more brutal but less remembered programs of mass
repression. Many were murdered by the regime 's death squads, and
in some areas Francoists also subjected up to 15% of the population
to summary military trials. Here many suffered the death sentence
or jail terms up to thirty years. Although historians have
recognised the staggering scale of the trials, they have tended to
overlook the mass participation that underpinned them. In contrast
to the discussion in other European countries, little attention has
been paid to the wide scale collusion in the killings and
incarcerations in Spain.
Exploring mass complicity in the trials of hundreds of thousands
of defeated Republicans following the end of the Spanish Civil War,
The Francoist Military Trials probes local Francoists accusations
whereby victims were selected for prosecution in military courts.
It also shows how insubstantial and hostile testimony formed the
bedrock of investigations, secured convictions, and shaped the
harsh sentencing practices of Franco 's military judges. Using
civil court records, it also documents how grassroots Francoists
continued harassing Republicans for many years after they emerged
from prison. Challenging the popularly prevalent view that the
Franco regime imposed a police state upon a passive Spanish
society, the evidence Anderson uncovers here illustrates that local
state officials and members of the regime 's support base together
forged a powerful repressive system that allowed them to wage war
on elements of their own society to a greater extent than perhaps
even the Nazis managed against their own population.
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