Francoism in Catalonia was established within Francoist Spain between 1939 and 1975, following the Spanish Civil War and post-war Francoist repression. Francisco Franco's regime replaced Revolutionary Catalonia after the Catalonia Offensive at the end of the war. The dictatorship in Catalonia complemented the suppression of democratic freedoms with the repression of Catalan culture. Its totalitarian character and its unifying objectives meant the imposition of a single culture and a single language, Castillian. The regime was specifically anti-Catalan, but this did not stop the development of a Catalan Francoism that was forged during the war and fed by victory.
Lluís Companys, second president of the restored Generalitat de Catalunya, was captured by the Gestapo and executed by the Francoists.
Tomb of Lluís Companys at Fossar de la Pedrera.
Printed edition of the Catalan-Valencian-Balearic dictionary.
Salvador Dalí in Paris in 1972.
Anti-Catalanism is the collective name given to various historical trends in France, Italy, and Spain that have been hostile to Catalan culture and traditions.
A Catalan-language sign in Valencia city calling for a boycott of Catalan products
Printed edition of the Catalan-Valencian-Balearic dictionary.