Half a Thousand Researchers Demand Full Access to the Archives of Francoism From Marlaska
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The Ministry of the Interior retains the archives of the former Ministry of the Interior, with powers in prison administration, police, dissident surveillance... and therefore very valuable information for historians who investigate the Francoist repression, as well as for the relatives of the reprisald.
Historians and other expert voices denounce in the letter the obstacles in the access to the funds on the repression that the General Archive of the Ministry of the Interior guards and demand their gradual transfer to other documentary venues, as required by lawThe deletion of names in the Franco's papers from the archive of the Ministry of the Interior: "It is holding back the investigation" The controversy over access to the funds on Francoism…
They have written to the Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska to ensure full access to documents stored in the Ministry of the Interior's archive. They claim that the archive either omits the names of perpetrators of repression or fails to provide information. Millions of valuable documents are stored in thousands of boxes in this situation.
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