Spain and Its “Local” Second World War

... against the Mauthausen prisoners (there are court cases involving a number of former concentration camp personnel who escaped to the USA) are punished with the full force of the law. Spanish society has always been full of contradictions and modern Spain’s attitude towards World War II took shape against the background of such critical, far-reaching and often tragic events that it simply cannot be unambiguous. In this sense, it is both possible and, most likely, even necessary to understand the Spanish people with their ...