In 1936 and the years which followed, under the language politics of Francoist Spain the Academy's previous activities were reduced to silence until Azkue, with the collaboration of Federico Krutwig, was able to timidly reinitiate academic life at the beginning of the 1950s.
Godine 1936. i u godinama koje su uslijedile, pod jezičnom politikom Francove Španjolske Akademijine su prethodne aktivnosti utihnule dok Azkue, u suradnji s Federicom Krutwigom, nije bio u mogućnosti bojažljivo obnoviti akademski život početkom 1950-ih .