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Judgment of the year 1941 on treason between neighbors.

Date
1941
Archive
Central Archive of the Provincial Court of Tarragona
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT AAPT JUD SECCIÓ 1a LLIBRE DE SENTÈNCIES
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Description

This sentence of 1941 reflects a dark episode of Franco’s post-war period, in which denunciations between neighbors became a tool of political and social repression. The regime used citizen collaboration—often motivated by fear, revenge or opportunism—to identify and punish people linked to the Republic or Catalanism. This judicial document shows how Franco’s justice system institutionalized mistrust and broke community ties, turning the denunciation into a mechanism of ideological control. The sentence, of textual and judicial typology, belongs to an institutional fund and represents chronological (20th century), territorial (Catalonia under the centralist regime), and thematic (beats of Catalan society and repressive politics) diversity. It is a valuable testimony to understand how the dictatorship transformed everyday life and imposed a culture of fear, in contrast to European democratic values.