"Finally. The truth about my father."
The Duchess of Franco, Madrid, Spain

"The Most important book ever written on this key phase of World War II."
Bradford Long, WBCZ, Illinois

"With this book Jane and Burt Boyar have made a great contribution to the search for historical truth...further historical review of the man is long overdue, both to prove that he was not only a Spanish patriot of great wisdom but also a friend and benefactor of the Jews."
The Jewish Daily FORWARD

"...a story that just has to be told...for fairness and historical perspective. Franco was a very misunderstood historical figure...a true patriot and, in the end, he restored a parliamentary democracy to Spain. I enjoyed the book - a very good read."
Edgar M. Bronfman, President World Jewish Congress

"...the book that corrects the historical record of WWII."
The Jewish Press

"...magnifico libro...perfecto de análisis y documentación."
Prof. Ricardo de la Cierva, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Spain's leading historian.

"Franco did us a huge favor by remaining neutral..."
usveterans.com

"Jews should honor and bless the memory of this great benefactor of the Jewish people."
Journal of the Sephardic Studies Program of Yeshiva University (obituary)

"...prejudice against Franco is particularly odd if you simply take an impartial look at the historical record and at how Spain fared throughout and after WWII. Despite repressive measures taken against Leftists and a substantial number of summary executions, Franco's Spain had no gulags. Nor did his government pursue a systematic genocide against any segment of the population. In fact, Spain was a safe haven for European Jews and went out of its way to rescue the Sephardim, European Jews of Spanish descent. By keeping Spain, for the most part, out of the actual combat of WWII, Franco preserved Spanish lives, maintained Spanish independence, and continued laying the groundwork for a stable society, one which would eventually become a democracy. More then this though, neither he nor the Spanish people were responsible for the kind of large scale slaughter which other leaders and nations engaged in throughout the war - there are no Dresdens, or Nankings, or Hiroshimas, or Stalingrads, etc., to trouble the Spanish conscience.

"Compare this record to that of FDR and America. America too stayed neutral, until provoked by the attack on Pearl Harbor. FDR refused to allow Jewish refugees into the United States. We rounded up innocent Americans of Japanese descent and shipped them to concentration camps. Over four hundred thousand Americans died fighting the War and Lord only knows how many we killed, including hundreds of thousands of civilians in nuclear blasts and fire bombings. And at the end of the day, what did we achieve? We merely replaced a homicidal German regime with a homicidal Russian one, locking ourselves into an additional fifty years of deadly and expensive Cold War. Given this context, which leader, FDR or Franco, better deserves to have his War performance lauded?

"All of which brings us to the Boyars' excellent historical novel...if you are willing to look at the past with a fresh pair of eyes, to call into doubt the official history that professors and the historians have spoon fed us, then this is a book that you will love. I can't recommend it highly enough...buy it and read it. You won't be sorry."
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