 Nhau dzakaitika dzakawanda, kubatanidza Helen Graham, Paul Preston, Antony Beevor, Gabriel Jackson, Hugh Thomas, naIan Gibson vanodavira kuti kuurawa nokukurumidza kwavashori vezvematongerwe enyika norutivi rwaFranco, rwakazozivikanwa seWhite Terror, yakanga iri nhano yairongwa. Mukupesana, kuurawa kwakaitwa navapikisi vavo kwakanga kusina kubvumirwa nehurumende yeSpain iyo Franco akanga achitsvaka kupidigura. Mutongo worufu, uyo wakanga wabviswa muna 1932 nokuda kwemhaka dzomunhu oga oga, wakadzorerwa naFranco muna 1938. 