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Political activity. Francoism Dossiers on the Catalan language and the attempted cultural genocide

Date
1967 - 2007
Archive
National Archive of Catalonia
Document type
Textual
Reference code
ANC1-244-T-202
Link to the online document
Description

This set of files collects documentation on the repression of the Catalan language during the Franco regime and its subsequent consequences. The term “cultural genocide” refers to the systematic attempt to eliminate the public and institutional use of Catalan, especially in education, the media and administration. These documents are strong proof of the cultural resistance and the struggle for linguistic and identity recovery that intensified during the transition and well into the 21st century. They are part of the theme of culture and art, and politics and governance, and are essential to understand how the Catalan language has been a central axis in the construction of collective identity and in the vindication of cultural rights within the European framework.