2015考研英语阅读西班牙内战_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读西班牙内战

　　In a recent trial in Madrid against Baltasar Garzn, Spain s most famous magistrate,relatives of slain victims aired their stories for the first time. Mr Garzn was charged withabusing his powers by calling an investigation into the deaths of 114,000 people underFranco s dictatorship, despite a 1977 amnesty law. He was ultimately absolved of thischarge, but in another case last month the conservative judiciary barred Mr Garzn fromthe bench for 11 years, thus ending his career.

　　在马德里最近的一次针对西班牙最有名的法官巴尔塔萨加尔松的审判中，内战中受害者的亲属第一次讲述了他们受害人的故事。加尔松被控告不顾1977年的大赦律法，滥用私权号召一个关于佛朗哥的独裁统治下那11.4万人的死亡情况的调查。他最后还是在这次控告中得到了赦免，但是上个月的另一个案子中，保守的司法禁止法官加尔松11年内不得再入法官席，因此就这样结束了他的职业生涯。

　　Mr Preston does not hide his loathing of the rebels and empathy for the left. He argues withimpressive detail that the repression by the Nationalists was largely planned andinstitutionalised, whereas the Republicans violence was more spontaneous and mainly indefence against the better armed and trained Francoist forces. Other scholars say that thisview is too simplistic. The author is on new and firmer ground in his examination of the roleplayed by the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, particularly in the massacre of hundreds ofFranco supporters at Paracuellos in 1936. Santiago Carrillo, a communist leader at the timeand the only war protagonist alive today, has always claimed he had nothing to do with thekillings, and has never been charged. Yet Mr Preston argues otherwise, citing his ties withJosif Grigulevich, a sinister NKVD agent.