Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco was dictator of Spain and supporter of the Nazis. His mother was Roman Catholic and he attended a private school run by a Catholic priest. Franco was rewarded the Supreme Order of Christ by Pope Pius XII. Franco's regime imposed Roman Catholicism as the state religion. He ordered his officials to make a list of 6,000 Jews in Spain and he gave it to Heinrich Himmler. He died in 1975 and was placed in the Valle de los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen), a Catholic basilica, which was conceived by Franco.