Republican Lamppost at the Royal Palace

Republican Lamppost at the Royal Palace

In March 1939, Spain was in turmoil. After almost three years, the country's vicious Civil War was coming to an end, and, on April 1, 1939, the fascist dictator Francisco Franco declared victory over the Republican forces backing the country's democratically elected government, known as the Second Spanish Republic. Franco's new government set out to erase all of the symbols of the previous republican government. Some, however, managed to survive…