Pan's Labyrinth- Context

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  • Pan's Labyrinth Context
    • Fascism
      • far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist, dictatorial power
      • inc. Hitler, Mussolini and Spain's Franco
      • Spain was under Fascist rule from 1939 to 1975 (to Franco's death)
    • Spanish Civil War
      • began due to reasons like socio-economic hardships
      • lack of compromise from all sides, from 1938-9
      • Nationalists receiived aid from Germany and Italy, Republicans from Soviets and International Brigades
      • 200,000 deaths, Nationalists used violence as a policy of fear
    • Franco Regime
      • "fascistized dictatorship", one party regime
      • Law of Succession 1947- gave Franco power to choose monarch and successor
      • believed Franco wanted to make Spain totalitarian like Italy and Germany
    • Guerrilla Movement and Maquis in Galicia
      • maquis were guerrillas who fought Francoist Spain through roberries, assassinations
      • Galicia provided rest, food, ammunition and personnel to fascist forces
    • Pact of Forgetting
      • agreed by both left and right to avoid dealing with Franco's legacy
      • given legal backing in 1977 Amnesty Law
    • Law for the Recovery of the Historical Memory
      • recognised victims on both side of war and gave rights to victims and descendants
      • condemned Franco Regime

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