The Law of Political Responsibilities , reformed in 1942 and in force until 1966 , was promulgated in order to give a legal cover to the repression carried out during the dismantlement of the Spanish republican institutions , as well as to penalise those who had remained loyal to the legally established government at the time of the July 1936 military rebellion against the Spanish Republic . It was a central piece of the Francoist repression in the postwar era and an estimated half a million people were prosecuted
Francoist repression
White Terror (Spain)
Law of Political Responsibilities