Crosses of Memory and Oblivion: The Monuments to the Fallen in the Spanish Civil War (1936-2022)

This book explores the history and legacy of monuments to the fallen from the Francoist side in the Spanish Civil War. Del Arco Blanco studies thousands of monuments in towns and cities across Spain to provide a detailed account of the history and memory of the Civil War, Francoism and the transition to democracy.

Miguel Ángel del Arco Blanco is Professor in the Department of Contemporary History at the University of Granada. His work centres on the study of Fascism, the Spanish Civil War and post-war Francoism. His works translated into English include Right Wing Spain in the Civil War Era: Soldiers of God and Apostles of the Fatherland, 1914-45 (2012), Mass Killings and Violence in Spain, 1936-52, Grappling with the Past (2014), and Franco’s Famine. Malnutrition, Disease and Starvation in Post-Civil War Spain (2021).