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Spain's Memory Wars
@SpainMemoryWars
English-language blog curating tweets & articles about Spain's disputes over its past, from street names to unmarked graves. In support of PhD by @tomvvardle
Apr 26, 2020 • 25 tweets • 11 min read
On this day in 1937, the Basque market town of Gernika was bombed in the most emblematic episode of the Spanish Civil War, immortalised by Picasso's Guernica. A thread below of how commemoration of the bombing has evolved since in the 83 years since 👇 Gernika was bombed on the 26th of April 1937 by the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion, allied to General Franco's rebels. The bombing lasted for between 2 to 3 hours. It allowed the Nazi air force to practise their total warfare. Around 85% of buildings of the town were destroyed.
Mar 25, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Ahead of the elections, a brief thread on each of the political parties' position with regards to historical memory debates👇#28A #MemoriaHistórica First up, the Socialist Party (PSOE) have promised that they will not take 'even one step backwards’ on historical memory and will continue to 'dignify' victims. Prior to the election, PM Sánchez set a date for the exhumation of Franco’s remains.
Source: eldiario.es/politica/Delga…