The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain

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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. Contents List of Illustrations Prologue Part One. The Origins of Hatred and Violence 1 Social War Begins, 1931-1933 2 Theorists of Extermination 3 The Right Goes on the Offensive, 1933-1934 4 The Coming of War, 1934-1936 Part Two. Institutionalized Violence in the Rebel Zone 5 Queipo’s Terror: The Purging of the South 6 Mola's Terror: The Purging of Navarre, Galicia, Castile and León Part Three. The Consequence of the Coup: Spontaneous Violence in the Republican Zone 7 Far from the Front: Repression behind the Republican Lines 8 Revolutionary Terror in Madrid Part Four. Madrid Besieged:The Threat and the Response 9 The Column of Death's March on Madrid 10 A Terrified City Responds: The Massacres of Paracuellos Part Five. Two Concepts of War 11 Defending the Republic from the Enemy Within 12 Franco’s Slow War of Annihilation Part Six. Franco's Investment in Terror 13 No Reconciliation: Trials, Executions, Prisons Epilogue: The Reverberations Acknowledgements Glossary Notes Appendix Index