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Franco propaganda mural “Spain in Peace, Europe in ruins”

Date
1945
Archive
Ripollès County Archive
Document type
Imatge fixa
Reference code
CAT-ACRI-44-617
Link to the online document
Description

Spain’s role in World War II has often been defined as neutral, or only Spain’s volunteer fighters in Europe are discussed. However, the Franco regime was framed in a context of the rise of fascism in Europe and its relationship with the leaders and European fascism is undeniable. Thus, with this large propaganda mural that was placed in the Plaça Gran de Ripoll, the regime defined how ruinous the Europe that had defeated fascism and praised the situation in Spain, which, according to the regime, it had pacified. He sought to establish a propagandistic idea of ​​the “peace” of fascist Spain against the “ruin” of Europe.