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Jury member Franco-British actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg walks on the red carpet upon arrival at the Berlinale Palast for the awards ceremony of the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival on February 18, 2012 in Berlin. The Berlinale,... View Photo »
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Artist Eugenio Moreno poses next to his sculpture representing Spanish dictator Francisco Franco on a soda vending machine displayed at the ADN gallery on the eve of Madrid's Contemporary Art Fair (ARCO) on February 14, 2012. The ARCO Contemporary Art... View Photo »
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A man holds a picture displaying victims of Dictator Franco's regime during a demonstration in support of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon held in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid on February 12, 2012. Spain's Supreme Court convicted and... View Photo »
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Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon, who tried to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, sits in the dock at the start of his trial at the Supreme Court in Madrid in this January 17, 2012 file photo. Spain's Supreme Court has found... View Photo »
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Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon, who tried to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, sits in the dock at the start of his trial at the Supreme Court in Madrid in this January 17, 2012 file photo. Spain's Supreme Court has found... View Photo »
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A woman places a flower on a giant banner displaying pictures of people gone missing during Spain's 1936-39 civil war during a demonstration of support for Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon held in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid on February... View Photo »
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Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon is followed by a supporter brandishing placards reading 'Justice' and 'Spain is the opposite, corrupt people and fascists are judging the judge' as he arrives for his trial at Spain's Supreme court in Madrid on February 8,... View Photo »
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Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon arrives for his trial at Spain's Supreme court in Madrid on February 7, 2012. The judge is being prosecuted for ordering an investigation in 2008 into the disappearance of 114,000 people during Spain's 1936-39 civil war and... View Photo »
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Supporters of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon demonstrate in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid on February 7, 2012. The judge is being prosecuted for ordering an investigation in 2008 into the disappearance of 114,000 people during Spain's... View Photo »
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93-year-old Carmen Arrojo waits backstage before doing a reading during a homage for victims of Francoism at a Madrid theatre February 6, 2012. Arrojo, a Republican militant, was imprisoned at several detention camps in 1939 by forces of Spanish... View Photo »
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A giant picture and the stick of Spanish politician Manuel Fraga Iribarne is pictured during a Fraga's tribute in Santiago de Compostela, northern Spain, on February 4, 2012. The last major political survivor from the Franco dictatorship in Spain,... View Photo »
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (2ndR) and President of Galician Regional Government, Alberto Nunez Feijoo (R) stand with the family of Spanish politician Manuel Fraga Iribarne after a Fraga's tribute in Santiago de Compostela, northern Spain, on... View Photo »
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gives a speech in front of a giant picture of Spanish politician Manuel Fraga Iribarne during a Fraga's tribute in Santiago de Compostela, northern Spain, on February 4, 2012. The last major political survivor from... View Photo »
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gestures as he watches a screening with pictures of Spanish politician Manuel Fraga Iribarne during a Fraga's tribute in Santiago de Compostela, northern Spain, on February 4, 2012. The last major political survivor... View Photo »
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Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon (C) arrives for his trial at Spain's Supreme court in Madrid on January 31, 2012. Spain's Supreme Court refused to dismiss a case against top judge Baltasar Garzon, accused of abuse of power in probing Franco-era crimes. ... View Photo »
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Hispanist Irish writer Ian Gibson takes part in a demonstration in support of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid on January 31, 2012. Spain's Supreme Court refused to dismiss a case against top judge Baltasar... View Photo »
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Supporters of Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon gather during a protest outside Madrid's Supreme Court January 31, 2012. Spain's crusading judge Garzon is due to testify in his own defence on Tuesday in a criminal case that has divided public opinion and... View Photo »
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Protesters hold a giant banner displaying pictures of missing people during Spain's 1936-39 civil war during a demonstration to support Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid on January 31, 2012. Spain's Supreme... View Photo »
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A man holds a placard reading 'Justice' during a demonstration to support Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid on January 31, 2012. Spain's Supreme Court refused to dismiss a case against top judge Baltasar... View Photo »
About Francisco Franco
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Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade (born 4 December 1892 in Ferrol, died 20 November 1975 in Madrid), commonly known as Francisco Franco (pronounced [fɾanˈθisko ˈfɾaŋko]) or Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was the dictator and Head of State of Spain from October 1936, as de facto regent of the... Full Article
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A man holds a picture displaying victims of Dictator Franco's regime during a demonstration in support of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon held in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid on February 12, 2012. Spain's Supreme Court convicted and suspended on February 10, 2012? The...
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Artist Eugenio Moreno poses next to his sculpture representing Spanish dictator Francisco Franco on a soda vending machine displayed at the ADN gallery on the eve of Madrid's Contemporary Art Fair (ARCO) on February 14, 2012. The ARCO Contemporary Art Fair will be held from February 15...
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An archaeologist shows the bullets of the rifles used by the forces of Francisco Franco in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War to kill fourteen women buried at a mass grave in a cemetery in the southwestern Spanish town of Gerena on January 30, 2012. In May 2011 the government published...
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Archaeologists study the bones of fourteen bodies of women killed by the forces of Francisco Franco in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War found at a mass grave in a cemetery in the southwestern town of Gerena, on January 30, 2012. In May 2011 the government published for the first time a...
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View of the bones of a woman's hand wearing a ring at a mass grave in a cemetery in the southwestern town of Gerena on January 30, 2012 where the bodies of fourteen women killed by the forces of Francisco Franco in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War were found. In May 2011 the government...
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EDITORS NOTE - ADDING ADDITIONAL INFO - A member of a local television station holds a puppet of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco on January 24, 2012 during a demonstration in support of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid. About...
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An archaeologist unearths the bones of a woman as archeologists and villagers searched in a cemetery in the southwestern Spanish town of Gerena on January 24, 2012, for a mass grave thought to contain the remains of 17 women who where shot by General Francisco Franco's forces in 1937. ...
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A protestor holds a muppet of Franco on January 24, 2012 during a demonstration in support of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid. About 200 supporters of Garzon gathered outside Madrid's Supreme Court as the case against him for ordering an...
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Men carry on January 23, 2012 a billboard, featuring pictures of some of the 17 women who where shot by General Francisco Franco's forces in 1937 in a cemetery in the southwestern Spanish town of Gerena as archaeologists and villagers dig the area, looking for a mass grave thougth to...
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A woman walks on January 23, 2012 past pictures of some of the 17 women who where shot by General Francisco Franco's forces in 1937 in a cemetery in the southwestern Spanish town of Gerena as archaeologists and villagers dig the area, looking for a mass grave thougth to contain the...
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This file picture dated June 17, 2005 shows founding president of the Spanish Popular Party, Manuel Fraga, smiling during a campaign rally for the Galician regional government elections in Vigo, norhtwestern Spain. The last major political survivor from the Franco dictatorship in Spain,...
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This file picture dated February 25, 2006 shows founding president of the Spanish Popular Party, Manuel Fraga (L) speaking with PP leader Mariano Rajoy and fomer prime minister Jose Maria Aznar during a tribute in Silleda, norhtwestern Spain. The last major political survivor from the...
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A file photo taken on March 4, 2006 shows then-French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy (C) talking with conservative Popular Party President Mariano Rajoy (R) and conservative Popular Party (PP) founder Manuel Fraga (L) at the PP convention in Madrid. The last major political survivor...
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A file photo taken on June 21, 2008 shows former Galicia Popular Party (PP) leader Manuel Fraga Iribarne attending a national party convention in Valencia. The last major political survivor from the Franco dictatorship in Spain, Fraga, died on January 15, 2012 in Madrid at the age of 89.
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A file photo taken on November 15, 2009 shows Madrid Mayor Alberto Ruiz Gallardon (R) talking with former Galicia Popular Party (PP) leader Manuel Fraga Iribarne (L) during the last day of the PP's national convention in Barcelona. The last major political survivor from the Franco...
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A supporter of Spanish late dictator Francisco Franco stands next to pre-constitutional flags, the former Spanish flag from the Franco era, during a demonstration, a week after the 36th anniversary of Franco's death in Madrid's Oriente Square, on November 27, 2011.
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A supporter of Spanish late dictator Francisco Franco wears a scarf bearing pre-constitutional flag, the former Spanish flag from the Franco era, during a demonstration, a week after the 36th anniversary of Franco's death in Madrid's Oriente Square, on November 27, 2011.
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Supporters of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco attend a demonstration, a week after the 36th anniversary of Franco's death in Madrid's Oriente Square, on November 27, 2011.
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Supporters of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco give the fascist salute during a demonstration commemorating the 36th anniversary of late dictator General Francisco Franco's death in Madrid's Oriente Square, on November 21, 2011.
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The castor transport with nuclear waste treated in France is seen after passing the Franco- German border between Forbach and Saarbruecken. The train carrying german nuclear waste to be reprocessed in France is on its 1,500-kilometre trip to Gorleben in Germany. Around 50,000 activists...
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An old man arrrives for a mass to commemorate the 36th anniversary of Spain's former dictator General Francisco Franco death on November 20, 2011 at the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) near Madrid. Spaniards voted in rain-sodden elections Sunday all but certain to hand a...
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People make the fascist salute on November 20, 2011 in the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) near Madrid, outside the basilica where the tombs of Spain's former dictator General Francisco Franco and the founder of the right-wing group Falange, Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera,...
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A member of Federation of Forum for Memory, holds a placard reading 'Theme Park - Free admission all 20 November - the Valley of the Fallen' during a gathering by the door of the Valley of the Fallen, near Madrid, on November 19, 2011, during the commemoration of the 36th anniversary...
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Members of Federation of Forum for Memory, gather by the door of the Valley of the Fallen, near Madrid, on November 19, 2011, during the commemoration of the 36th anniversary of late dictator General Francisco Franco's death. Commissioned by and with design input from Spanish dictator...
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