The Spanish Holocaust

The Spanish Holocaust Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain

1st American Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

The remains of General Francisco Franco lie in an immense mausoleum near Madrid, built with the blood and sweat of twenty thousand slave laborers. His enemies, however, met less-exalted fates. Besides those killed on the battlefield, tens of thousands were officially executed between 1936 and 1945, and as many again became "non-persons." As Spain finally reclaims its historical memory, a full picture can now be given of the Spanish Holocaust-ranging from judicial murders to the abuse of women and children. The story of the victims of Franco's reign of terror is framed by the activities of four key men-General Mola, Quiepo de Llano, Major Vallejo Najera, and Captain Don Gonzalo Aguilera-whose dogma of eugenics, terrorization, domination, and mind control horrifyingly mirror the fascism of Italy and Germany.

Evoking such classics as Gulag and The Great Terror, The Spanish Holocaust sheds crucial light on one of the darkest and most unexamined eras of modern European history.

Book information

ISBN: 9780393064766
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Imprint: W.W. Norton and Company
Pub date:
Edition: 1st American Edition
DEWEY: 946.0811
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 700
Weight: 1180g
Height: 243mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 55mm