Regimes Museum Journal Volume 12, no. 1

In this issue, our resident historian, Ralph Pickard, has contributed yet another deep dive into history as seen through its medals and other physical objects with the conclusion to his study on the Red Orchestra. With its in-depth and exciting look at this organization’s operations against the Nazis, this article is certain to intrigue! We are also featuring an article by a first-time contributor, Juan Pablo Bustos, who specializes in 20th and 21st-century Spanish literature and film, with an emphasis on Francoist and post-Francoist Spain. Bustos’ reading of the film 'Pan’s Labyrinth' both through the lens of Derrida and its setting in Franco’s Spain invites the reader to consider themes of fantasy versus reality, and the value of play as a counterpoint to the troubles of real life — themes that resonate well with the effort, past and present, to combat and prevent authoritarian abuses of power.