New research by anthropologists and forensic scientists is bringing hope to the relatives of war victims while challenging Spain’s “pact of forgetting”. In a waist-high trench alongside Spain’s national Highway 1, a dozen volunteers wearing rubber gloves brush tan clay from crumbling human bones. Their knees rest on foam cushions, and a white tent shades […]
The topic of the TV programme “La Sexta Columna” on Friday, June 3, 2016, was the Valley of the Fallen, and included Queralt Solé’s participation. “The paradox of the Valley of the Fallen: after 40 years of democracy, it is still impossible to exhume the human remains Since 1980, no one has managed to take a […]
Conference (in Spanish) by: Lee Douglas New York University Thursday, may 26, 2016 12:00 – 14:00 hours María Moliner room(1F8) Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, CSIC C/Albasanz, 26-28 Metro Suanzes & Ciudad Lineal Free entry How to get there?
Conference (in Spanish) by: Alfredo González-Ruibal Científico Titular en el Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio (INCIPIT/CSIC) Thursday April 21, 2016 12:00 – 14:00 hours María Moliner Room(1F8) Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, CSIC C/Albasanz, 26-28 Metro Suanzes & Ciudad Lineal Free entry How to get there?
The report produced for teleSUR seeks to reveal the political interests and the Francoist legacy that still exists in Spain 40 years later and prevents many victims to be recognized as such. It shows that there is no will to unearth the truth about what happened. While memory remains buried, thousands of victims and their families will not […]
