Clandestinity Under The Franco's Regime

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The topic of clandestinity under the Franco’s regime is significant because it makes clear the reasons behind the survival of a culture that was oppressed for many years. It demonstrates the capacity of a society to maintain its values and fight for what they want and resist a government of violent oppression. It can be said that despite the harsh repression and cruelty against the Catalans, in all the years of dictatorship there was not a single day when there was not a clandestine cell engaged in fighting the Franco dictatorship throughout Catalonia. All of those ideas that saw the light after Franco’s death were made possible thanks to the people’s secret gathers. In those meetings people discussed the liberal ideas that went against the

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