Next Monday 6 November, the book, Francisco Franco was a Republican and so was his family, written by Elena Rubio Viu, will be presented. This edition and its publication are included within the project, Historical Memoir of the Franco Escanero family from Leciñena (Spain) in 1936, arranged by Fundacion ECUUP and funded by the Government

In September 2017, my aunt, granddaughter of my great-great uncle Francisco, her daughter, with her husband, and I embarked on a trip. We went to Mauthausen and these were my feelings: MAUTHAUSEN, extermination camp, you cannot bear the tears that flow slowly down your cheeks. You try to pretend, but everytime you go inside and

The book came to me when I was preparing a family tree of the family. Details from the year of the Civil War were emerging and I was driven by the thought of writing about it. It is based on the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), in which my family suffered, like so many others. In

“In 1936, the great-grandfather of Elena Rubio Viu, with his brothers, their wives and children decided to leave the village where they were living, Leciñena (Zaragoza – Spain), owing to their alleged links to the Republican Left. They headed east. Elena Rubio Viu has gathered various episodes in those places where they had to stop

We at the Fundación ECUUP would like to thank the Government of Aragon for their support for our project: Historical Memoir of the Franco Escanero family from Leciñena in 1936, Within the programme that provides funding for Projects to Recover Historical Memoirs of Aragon in 2018