Former Spanish Dictator Franco Unlikely To Be Exhumed

Former Spanish Dictator Franco Unlikely To Be Exhumed

By SOCIMEMO | Published: DECEMBER 2, 2011

HJ&M Network member Vincent Druliolle (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid) reports that the new conservative government in Madrid is unlikely to order the exhumation of Francisco Franco’s remains. The exhumation had been recommended by a commission appointed to discuss the future of the Valley of the Fallen, the monument glorifying Franco’s victory in the Civil War. We had reported the current controversy in Spain in an entry posted earlier this week.