Key ideas about the rise of fascism in Europe:
- Context of crisis and instability.
- Propaganda, simple messaging and a common enemy.
- Violence and fear to silence opposition.
10′ Republic and Civil War
- Fascism vs. Democracy.
- Totalitarianism: Spain as a mirror of Mussolini’s Italy and a testing ground for Nazi Germany.
- The Second Republic.
- The Coup d’État.
- The Civil War.
10′ The Francoist dictatorship
- Core characteristics.
- Censorship, fear and repression.
- Parallels with Germany and Italy: the fascist social and political model.
15′ Women under fascist regimes
- The ideal of womanhood in fascist regimes.
- The role of women during Francoism: legal, social and moral consequences.
- Mechanisms and institutions of control and repression targeting women.
