THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

The Decree of Unification – 1937

BILINGUAL PROGRAMME

Subject: History of Spain History teacher: Carmen Molina PoveaLanguage assistant: Georgina Townley

The Decree of Unification

Falange Española and Requetés, with their current elements and services, include that under my leadership, in a single political entity of national character, in this moment will name themselves Falange Española and Tradicionalista and of the JONS.

This organisation, an intermediary between the Society and the State, has the main objective of communicating to the State the breath of the town and doing so by giving thought to the political-moral virtues of service, hierarchy and brotherhood (…).

The rest of the organisations and political parties stay dissolved. Extract from the Decree of Unification. Official State

Report 1937

Questions:

1. What was the ideology of Falange Española?2. Who were the Requetés?3. Who is the person who is leading this party

(“under my leadership”)?4. Who is the author of the Decree of Unification?5. Can we afirm that in 1937 there was political

freedom in Spain? Give an example from the text.6. Write all the words, that you find in the text,

related to the lack of democracy.