1936 : Un ejemplo de represión jurídico-política de la masonería española

Abstract

Thisarticle describes the repressiondeveloped in Franco s nationalist Spain, which was a reality from the very begginig of the Civil War. The creation of the «contubernio», the 1939 Ley de Responsabilidades Políticas, Bill of Political Responsibilities, the Ley de Represion de la masonería y el comunismo Billfor the Repression ofMasonry and Comunsm -promulgated on March 1st 1940-, and the opening ofthe «Causa General». General Cause, throung a decree emitted by the Ministry of Justice are the elements whichformedthe scheme which would be used in order to organize the repression in the years inmediately after the end ofthe Civil War. This paper includes ananalysis ofthe Pieza Especial-a part ofthe General Causewhich was started witthe purpose ofclarifying the previousforegoings and the killings ofDon José Calvo Sote lo and Don José Antonio Primo de Rivera.