otally power and freedom of conscience during the first Francoism relations between Opus Dei and Falang

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/chco.83578
Keywords: Opus Dei, Falange, SEU, Second World War, Franco’s Regime

Abstract

This article provides an approach to the relation between Opus Dei and the Falange after the Spanish Civil War.  It examines the founder's opinion regarding Nazism and Fascism and the participation of young Opus Dei members in the Blue Division and the Falange Student Union, specifically Eduardo Alastrué Castillo. The key sources for the information includes documents from the Archivo General of the Administration (Alcalá) and the Archivo General of Opus Dei (Roma), as well as newspapers (ABC, Arriba, La Vanguardia) and magazines (Ecclesia, Razón y Fe, ¿Qué pasa?) from the 1940s

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Onésimo Díaz Hernández, Investigador Universidad de Navarra

This article examines the efforts of Florentino Pérez-Embid, Director of the Academy of Fine Arts, to return Picasso's Guernica to Spain. I discuss, first, the government's negotiations to bring the painting from New York to Madrid. Given Picasso's refusal to move the painting, other unofficial channels were explored, though these were not successful, as were other attempts. This essay analyzes the process using unedited documents from Perez-Embid's personal archive, housed at the Archivo General of the University of Navarra

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Published
2023-08-04
How to Cite
Díaz Hernández O. (2023). otally power and freedom of conscience during the first Francoism relations between Opus Dei and Falang. Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea, 45, 301-319. https://doi.org/10.5209/chco.83578
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Vol. 45 (2023): Dossier: Practices of nationalisation and visual culture in the modern era: new sources and perspectives
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