Post-war
When Heinrich Himmler visited Spain in 1940, a year after Franco’s victory, he was shocked by the brutality of the Falangist repression. In July 1939, the foreign minister of the Fascist Italy, Ciano reported "trials going on every day at a speed which I would call almost summary... There are still a great number of shootings. In Madrid alone, between 200 and 250 a day, in Barcelona 150, in Seville 80". While authors like Payne have cast doubts on the democratic leanings of the Republic, "fascism was clearly on the other".
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