Nicolas Sanchez Albornoz, ex-prisoner of the Franco regime who escaped during the construction of the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) where he was as a prisoner, reacts during an interview with Reuters in Madrid, Spain, October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Juan Medina
MADRID (Reuters) - For one activist jailed by Spain's Fascists for his political views, Thursday's exhumation and reburial of Francisco Franco's bones after decades lying in state marks a bittersweet moment.
Now 93, Nicolas Sanchez-Albornoz was forced as a prisoner of the Franco regime to help build the Valley of the Fallen, the mausoleum that has been the dictator's resting place since his death in 1975.
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