The fifth episode utilizes oral testimony by my mother, Maria Cecilia Ruiz in order to examine what life was like in Spain after Franco died. It discusses the ‘pact of forgetting’ and the Amnesty Law of 1977, which, at the time, were seen as effective methods of ‘moving on’ from the dictatorship and would not create renewed division in Spanish society.

The fifth episode utilizes oral testimony by my mother, Maria Cecilia Ruiz in order to examine what life was like in Spain after Franco died. It discusses the ‘pact of forgetting’ and the Amnesty Law of 1977, which, at the time, were seen as effective methods of ‘moving on’ from the dictatorship and would not create renewed division in Spanish society.

5. The Democratic Transition

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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5. The Democratic Transition

5. The Democratic Transition