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this story might sound familiar, today.
Where are the ‘lost children’ of the Franco regime?
Published on April 01, 2009
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MADRID – They were the children of jailed left-wing opponents to the Franco regime, snatched from their mothers with state approval and the Catholic church's blessing to purge Spain of Marxist influence.
Decades later – as Spain heads towards the 70th anniversary of the end of the 1936-1939 civil war – questions are being asked over the fate of these youngsters.
"There was a desire on the part of the regime, which was encouraged by the Catholic Church, to take children from ‘red mothers’ to purify them and convert them," Julian Casanova, a modern history professor at the University of Zaragoza, told AFP.
They were seized during the early years of General Francisco Franco’s right-wing dictatorship that followed the conflict, which continues to divide Spanish society.
A 1940 decree allowed the state to take children into custody if their "moral education" was at risk…."
https://www.expatica.com/es/uncategorized/where-are-the-lost-children-of-the-franco-regime-37266/
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