"We have had so little chance to re-member." Thus a sympathiser of the losing Republican side in Spain's 1936-39 civil war, speaking to your correspondent at a rare ceremony held in 1994 to honour members of the International Brigades, foreigners who came to fight for the republic against the rebels led by Francisco Franco. But the situation he described then is now changing. The Francoist past is not so distant: the caudillo held on to power until his death in 1975. But for most of the years since then memories have been brushed under the carpet. This autumn, however, an exhibition, several books, television and radio are giving Spaniards an opportunity to remember. And people of all ages, despite little official encouragement, are showing they want to do just that.
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