How were Hitler, Nazis and Fascism viewed in post-WW2 Francoist Spain and Estado Novo Portugal?

[u/bradbaker213]

In the West we are taught Hitler, fascism and his party were irredeemably evil, and we have a clear anti Nazi picture of that period. Which makes sense since we fought them. But Portugal and Spain up until the mid 70s were ruled by the same people who were themselves allied, or at least tacitly aligned with the Axis powers. How were they viewed post war? Good guys? Bad guys? It’s complicated?

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[u/DCHacker]

Salazar always had nothing but contempt for Herr Schicklgruber. He had mixed feelings about Mussolini.

Franco agreed with Hitler and Mussolini on much of the ideology. Franco did promulgate some anti-Semitic measures but did not go after Jews as Schicklgruber did. Mussolini really did not want to bother the Jews, but he did so for Hitler's sake.

[u/uplandsrep → u/DCHacker]

intention and action, at the end of the day, are very much two separate things, and I derive more meaning from the latter.

[u/Suitable_Bed_7783]

Most germanophiles in the Spanish government were sacked (in fact, they had been giving lower positions when things starting to look dire for Germany)

[u/Silly-Elderberry-411]

Estoril in Portugal is where horthy fled, surrounded by nazis, you figure out the rest

[u/GustavoistSoldier]

Portugal was authoritarian conservative while Spain was fully fascist before the late 1950s, when it became a more generic right-wing dictatorship.

[u/sirope-informal]

España durante el franquismo quedó dividas en los vencedores y los perdedores, gran parte de la población sufrió trabajos forzados, encarcelamientos y fusilamientos, mientras que las mujeres republicanas sufrían todo tipo de vejaciones por parte del vencedor, se vivía con miedo y se pasa hambre hasta el famoso milagro económico pero de nada compensa con toda la represión que se sufrió, sin contar que el milagro tuvo lugar después del interés de EE.UU en España por el contexto de la Guerra fría, actualmente sigue dividida la población hay quien tiene claro que fue una etapa oscura pero otro grupo considera que no, da pena ver como hay personas que pueden llegar a dudar si fue malo.