Spanish Civil War Veterans Pay Tribute to "Spain's Missing"

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Spanish Civil War Veterans Pay Tribute to "Spain's Missing"

By Harold Heckel Associated Press Writer

Published: Jun 25, 2004

RIVAS-VACIAMADRID, Spain (AP) - Pilar Ribas vividly recalls the moment her cellmate at a Spanish Civil War prison camp was taken away at dawn and shot by soldiers loyal to Gen. Francisco Franco.

"When I kissed her, she was as cold as marble. It felt as if she had no blood left in her body," the 80-year-old Ribas said Friday night at a rally honoring the thousands of civilians killed by Franco's forces during the 1936-1939 war.

Ribas, from the central Toledo province, was one of some 900 elderly Spaniards on hand who had either fought Franco's fascist forces, lost relatives to his execution squads or supported the republican government that Franco ultimately overthrew.

Organizers of the rally, the first of its kind, called on Spain's new Socialist government to take over the task of digging up hundreds of unmarked graves and identifying the remains.

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Brutal tyranny is where you find it. And Generalissimo Franco is still dead.

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1. Yes Generalissimo Franco

another U$ buddy!
This new government gives me hope for Spain.
I was 12 when we lived there in 1959, it is true that crime was very low. But, everyone was afraid to speak. We had some Spanish friends and when they came to see my family they could let their hair down.

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2. Wife toured Europe during the '70s

When Franco was in power. The Guardia Civil ranked up there with the Stasi as the creepiest folks around.