Tag: civil war
The Basque Hero for the State of Israel
His name was Esteban Hernandorena Zubiaga; he was born in Muskiz, Biscay in 1905, and died in Haifa, Israel in 1965. His story is one...
Spain won’t return what was stolen…but it’ll let a plaque be...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
There are certain details which serve to highlight how we subjects of the Kingdom of Spain live in...
The Havana Wedding of a Friend of Hemingway’s, Officiated by the...
They say an amazing story is just the antechamber to an even more amazing story. The other day, we posted one of those entries...
Extraordinary Basque Friends: From Cantinflas’ Pelotaria to Hemingway’s Abertzale Priest
We recently received this photo from a friend in the Vascos en México group (a must-read website for all those interested in Basques in general...
They weren’t “Nationalists”, they were “Insurgents”, or simply “Fascists”
"Rough Guides", the website of a guidebook publishing house with more than thirty years of history, has recently been completely redesigned. Taking a virtual...
The Newspaper Run by Basque Children in “King Arthur’s Court”
In the last entry, we spoke about the Basque children's soccer team that was sent to Wales to flee the barbarism of the fascist...
The Basque Soccer Team that Triumphed in Great Britain in the...
See also: The Newspaper Run by Basque Children in "King Arthur's Court"
Almost 75 years before Athletic Bilbao would beat Manchester United, a team made...
Guernica is a symbol of peace, not destruction
Update: Don't miss these articles published on the same website
Celine Cordero is the Foreign Relations director at Los Angeles World Airports, created by the...
The Bombing of Guernica in New York: Unrepentant Savagery
What surprises does life hold for us. An exhibit remembering the Bombing of Guernica has just opened at the King Juan Carlos I Center...
The BBC talks about “To Say Goodbye”, a documentary about the...
Sensitivity, Commitment, Faith, Strength, Solidarity... these are among the many things the producers of the documentary "To Say Goodbye" have in abundance, and after...