Umkämpfte Erinnerung: Spaniens kollektives Gedächtnis zur franquistischen Diktatur

In the organizer's words:

During the Francoist dictatorship (1939-1975/77), which lasted almost forty years, countless crimes against humanity were committed. Francoism was characterized by systematic oppression and massive state violence, which found expression in the persecution, imprisonment, forced labour, torture, child abduction, execution and disappearance of tens of thousands of people.

It was not until the turn of the millennium that a serious examination of the crimes committed during Francoism began. This was positively reflected, among other things, in a boom in remembrance on a civil society, academic and cultural level and the two Spanish laws of remembrance (2007, 2022). However, there are still many gaps in democratic remembrance policy today, a consequence of the right-wing conservative Partido Popular (PP, 2011-2018) government, during which the party discontinued subsidies for dealing with the past.

In her lecture, political scientist Dr. Silke Hünecke (Chemnitz University) will provide an insight into the status of the debates and measures.

Price information:

Included in museum admission. No registration required.