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Spain's new memory law dredges up a painful chapter of Spain's often forgotten ties to Nazis

  • Written by Sara J. Brenneis, Professor of Spanish, Amherst College
Spain's new memory law dredges up a painful chapter of Spain's often forgotten ties to NazisPlaques commemorating artists who were killed by the Nazis are marked with flowers in Austria in 2020. Barbara Gindl/APA/AFP via Getty Images

Walking down a tree-lined street in the Poble Sec neighborhood of Barcelona, one might easily miss a small bronze square set into the sidewalk. Stamped into the metal in the regional language of Catalan are...

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