tens of thousands of his enemies were killed or imprisoned during his rule as many as half a 1000000 people died in the preceding civil war. but the franco regime still to fight spaniards on studies show that at least 2 thirds of people believe. did good things as well as bad for the country. now prime minister pedro sanchez wants to turn this monument into a place of reconciliation and memory as has been done with some nazi concentration camps so it's no longer a place of apology for the franco regime they often idealized by the am up i know you are. to remember the past my 1st guest tonight is. professor and chair of hispanic studies at oberlin college in the u.s. state of ohio he is also the author of memory battles of the spanish civil war a book which examines how spain has or indeed has not confronted the legacy of its