Publication Date: 2013

Publication Name: Ubi Sunt Revista De Historia

European History, Comparative History, Transnational History, Holocaust Studies, European identity, and 5 more

Jewish Studies, Historiography, Jewish History, Spanish History, Holocaust Studies, and 3 more

Culture Wars, Spanish Civil War, Francoism, GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA, Second Spanish Republic, and 3 more

Polish History, Historical memory, Spanish History, Communism, Francoism, and 7 more

The legend by which the Francoist government claimed to have saved the lives of thousands of European Jews from the Holocaust has been debunked by historiography. Still, rescue myths persisted long after the Franco di... more abstractThe legend by which the Francoist government claimed to have saved the lives of thousands of European Jews from the Holocaust has been debunked by historiography. Still, rescue myths persisted long after the Franco dictatorship ended and have even flourished in the last decade in journalistic publications, films and television series and even governmental initiatives. This essay addresses the origins and diffusion of rescue myths, as well as their evolution and continuing significance in Spanish history and memory politics.

Memory Studies, Holocaust Studies, Spain (History), Francoism, and Rescue and survival efforts during the Holocaust