<p><strong>The third episode discusses the violence of the Spanish Civil War and includes testimony from my aunt, Rosario Ruiz. It examines Francisco Franco’s authoritarian regime and the methods Franco employed to establish a ‘victors versus vanquished’ narrative about the war in order to legitimize his power.</strong></p>

The third episode discusses the violence of the Spanish Civil War and includes testimony from my aunt, Rosario Ruiz. It examines Francisco Franco’s authoritarian regime and the methods Franco employed to establish a ‘victors versus vanquished’ narrative about the war in order to legitimize his power.

3. The War and the Regime

The podcast project it is an exploration of the processes of forming, sustaining, and contesting national narratives and collective memories of history while highlighting the validity of individual memory as well. It dissects the deliberate actions Franco undertook in forming and imposing his ideal Spanish national identity and then traces how the national narrative of Spain’s 20th-century history has been sustained or changed in the decades following Franco’s death. Threads woven throughout the podcast episodes are the experiences and reflections of my own family members.

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3. The War and the Regime

3. The War and the Regime