Why did people hate Francisco Franco?

Find out more about the history of Francisco Franco, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. ... Did You Know? During World War II, Spanish leader Franco wrote a semi-autobiographical novel called “Raza,” which was later turned into a film. read more

I understand that after many years of dictatorship and silencing, Franco's opponents, better their inheritors, because most of Franco opponents have died - plus many goodwill, but not well informed democrats have concluded that Franco was hated by everyone in Spain; except by a short number of inveterate fascists who benefited from the Regime. read more

Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was born on December 4, 1892, in El Ferrol, a small coastal town on Spain’s northwestern tip. Until age 12, Franco attended a private school run by a Catholic priest. He then entered a naval secondary school with the goal of following his father and grandfather into a sea-based military career. read more

Some historians have wondered why Franco loathed the movement so much: some have speculated it might have been because his brother and father, both of whom he is said to have hated, were masons, and that he had been rejected by a lodge. read more