STORY: Forensic scientists have begun the exhumation of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War. Their bodies will be exhumed from the former mausoleum of General Francisco Franco just outside of Madrid.

An artist planning a monument to volunteers who fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War has enlisted the creative support of college students and wants to involve the local community. Rob ...

That no simple civil war of two Spains, Leftists and Rightists, is being fought, made itself clear again last week as some other Spains became active afresh, notably the Basques and the Catalonians.

The “Grandchildren’s Law,” officially known as the Democratic Memory Law, is a Spanish initiative meant to address historical ...

She aided leftist guerrillas as a teenager in the 1930s and then led political resistance from self-exile against the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco. Ángeles Flórez Peón, who left her job as a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish government ...

Julio Llamazares’ 1985 novel – newly translated in English – is a refusal to forget the brutality of the Spanish Civil War ...

MADRID, May 23 (Reuters) - Spain on Thursday returned paintings belonging to a former Madrid mayor that were seized for their protection during the 1936-39 Civil War and never returned under Francisco ...

SHERIDAN, Mont. — Time and weather eventually take their toll on most everything. Generations pass. Names of people long gone are lost or forgotten. But it doesn't have to be that way. The American ...

Exhumation of victims of the Spanish Civil War at the 'Valley of the Fallen', near Madrid MADRID (Reuters) -Forensic scientists have begun exhuming the bodies of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish government researchers said Sunday they had identified 357 foreign fighters who went missing during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the conflict that foreshadowed ...

MADRID, June 12 (Reuters) - Forensic scientists have begun exhuming the bodies of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from the former mausoleum of General Francisco Franco near Madrid, the government ...