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The blast left Salazar untouched, but his chauffeur was rendered deaf. [88] [89] An inept secret police made several arrests and beat five innocent people till they confessed. [90] A year later, the bishops of the country argued in a collective letter that it was an "act of God" that had preserved Salazar's life.
Portugal was officially neutral during World War II and the period of the Holocaust in German-occupied Europe.The country had been ruled by an authoritarian political regime led by António de Oliveira Salazar but had not been significantly influenced by racial antisemitism and was considered more sympathetic to the Allies than was neighbouring Francoist Spain.
Portugal, too weak to defend the Azores, or its large colonial empire, or even its homeland, tried to stay neutral in the war. Dictator Salazar was especially worried about a possible German invasion through Spain and did not want to provoke Hitler nor did he want to give Spain an excuse to side with the Axis and invade Portugal. Great Britain ...
Ever wondered what was going through the minds of ordinary Portuguese citizens during Salazar’s dictatorship? Here's how you can find out. Lecture to give an insight into popular perceptions of ...
The Estado Novo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɨʃˈta.ðu ˈno.vu], lit. ' New State ') was the corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933. It evolved from the Ditadura Nacional ("National Dictatorship") formed after the coup d'état of 28 May 1926 against the unstable First Republic.
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Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused To Die. C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78738-388-3. Gallagher, Tom (2021). Salazar: O Ditador Que Se Recusa a Morrer (in Portuguese). D Quixote. ISBN 9789722071772. Garrett, Richard J. (2010). The Defences of Macau: Forts, Ships and Weapons over 450 years. Hong Kong University Press.