Working for Nazi Germany

This book examines the leadership of Gerardo Salvador Merino, the chief director of the Sindicatos, fascist-controlled unions under the Franco Regime, and his plan to send 100,000 volunteer Spanish workers to Nazi Germany.

Autorentext

Wayne H. Bowen is Professor of History at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of Spain and the Protestant Reformation (2023), Truman, Franco's Spain, and the Cold War (2017), Spain during World War II (2006), and Spaniards and Nazi Germany (2000).

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Spanish Labor during the Republic and Civil War 2. Early Career and Wartime Experience of Gerardo Salvador Merino 3. The Formation of the Sindicatos 4. The Sindicatos within the Franco Regime 5. Salvador Merino and Nazi Germany 6. Freemasonry and the Fall of Salvador Merino 7. Spanish Workers in Germany, 1941-1942 8. Spanish Republicans in Germany 9. Spanish Workers in Germany, 1943-1945. Conclusion