The Decree of Unification - 1937 The Spanish Civil War

1. THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
The Decree of Unification – 1937
BILINGUAL PROGRAMME
Subject: History of Spain
History teacher: Carmen Molina Povea
Language assistant: Georgina Townley

2. The Decree of Unification
Falange Española and Requetés, with their current elements and
services, include that under my leadership, in a single political entity
of national character, in this moment will name themselves Falange
Española and Tradicionalista and of the JONS.
This organisation, an intermediary between the Society and the
State, has the main objective of communicating to the State the
breath of the town and doing so by giving thought to the political­
moral virtues of service, hierarchy and brotherhood (…).
The rest of the organisations and political parties stay dissolved.
Extract from the Decree of Unification. Official State Report
1937

3. Questions:
1. What was the ideology of Falange Española?
2. Who were the Requetés?
3. Who is the person who is leading this party
(“under my leadership”)?
4. Who is the author of the Decree of Unification?
5. Can we afirm that in 1937 there was political
freedom in Spain? Give an example from the text.
6. Write all the words, that you find in the text,
related to the lack of democracy.