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François Lareau
8 July  2012


Spanish Civil War




"The bishops bless the Nationalist cause.  Flanked by senior army officers, a group of clerics gives the Facist salute."
(Gabriel Jackson, A Concise History of the Spanish Civil War, London: Thames and Hudson, 1974, p. 154)


Compare the two photos


"The fervent collectivist revolution carried through in the Republican zone in the first months of the war
completely overthrew the established order.  One of the worst excesses of the prevailing anticlericalism was
the 'execution' by a firing-squad of this monumental statue of Christ in the outskirts of Madrid."
(Gabriel Jackson, A Concise History of the Spanish Civil War, London: Thames and Hudson, 1974, p. 66)