Hero or genocide?

A museum in Toledo still praises Spanish dictator Francisco Franco as a hero. Basque MP Jon Iñarritu, from Amaiur (a separatist party from the Basque Country) posted a picture to Twitter in which some sculptures of the dictator can be seen within the category "Spanish heros". This qualification could be "acceptable" as a personal opinion (although praising a dictator as a hero can be very criticized), but the institution which has labelled Franco in this way belongs to the Spanish Ministry of Defence. Thus the Army Museum of Toledo is fundraised with public funds. As quoted on its website, the "Spanish Army Museum is a state-owned museum dependent on the Ministry of Defence. Its main objective is to promote knowledge on Spain’s military history". It seems to be situated in the city centre, close to General Moscardó Street (Moscardó was a general of the Francoist army who became famous due to his strenght at the Alcazar or Palace of Toledo, which was besieged for days by the Republican troops at the beginning of the Civil War. The "liberation" of this symbolic space would pave the way for Franco to establish his personal leadership within the rebels against the government of the Spanish Republic). So the museum is not the only remaining of the dictatorship it that city, capital of the region of Castilla-La Mancha.
Nevertheless, it is not the first time that an individual or institution is officially praised by the Spanish government. I quoted other examples on a previous blogspot, all of them related to official statements or homages in support of the former dictatorship. Moreover, the government continues to fund a private foundation which aims to preserve and protect the memory of Franco and his dictatorship. This is the case of the Fundación Francisco Franco, a private entity which praises the figure of the former dictator and tries to preserve his legacy. In 2001, it was given €24,043.08 in order to hire personnel for the digitalization of its archive, including security copies of the documents exhibited there. Among other activities, the entity also organises several symposiums on the fight against communism and some historical features of the regime. The English version of its website is not avalaible, but anyone wanting more information can visit the Spanish one, in which the activity and aims of the foundation are explained.

However, the same government which gives financial aid to the heirs of the former dictatorship is unable to investigate and clear the dozens of extrajudiciary executions which took place since the early months of the war, neither the unlawful councils of war which would take place once the dictatorship was institutionalised. Meanwhile, thousands of people are still missing whereas the corpses of many others are languishing in mass graves all around Spain and others were illegally transferred to the mausoleum of Franco.

Should a dictator whose regime provoked dozens of deaths be praised as a hero even after his own death?