"If you sweep the dust under the carpet instead of cleaning up, when you take away the carpet the dust will be there," said Roman."
"It's an education problem... The people who did not live through the dictatorship can be sucked into that narrative of rewriting the dictatorship," said Roman."
Francisco Franco died on November 20, 1975, ending a 36-year dictatorship marked by imprisonment, execution and exile of opponents. Franco seized power through violence, overthrowing a democratic republic with backing from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during the 1936-1939 civil war that killed hundreds of thousands. Spain's transition to democracy included a sweeping 1977 amnesty intended to ease tensions, but deep-rooted divisions persist. Surveys show a majority view the dictatorship negatively while more than one-fifth view it positively, a split amplified by historical misinformation on social media and gaps in education. Current political polarization intensifies disputes over honoring victims and shaping collective memory.
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