Tag: Spanish Civil War
Two books to learn the story of the Basque War Children...
We bring you two books by historian Gregorio Arren about the Basque war children which have been out of print for years
Ukraine 1937—Basque Country 2023: Solidarity must go both ways
In a book by Gregorio Arrien about the Basque War Children, we came across a series of photos which, despite dating from 1937, are still meaningful today
Lest We Forget: March 5, 1937, the Battle of Cape Matxitxako
On March 5, 1937, a handful of Basque sailors wrote a glorious page in the history of our nation just off Cape Matxitxako
When First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt met her adopted Basque son
In November 1942, the First Lady of the United States traveled to Great Britain, in part to meet the children she had "adopted"
More info about the Basque Boys who triumphed at King Arthur’s...
More info about the Basque Boys who triumphed at King Arthur's Court in the Welsh daily Nation Cymru
85th anniversary of the Bombing of Guernica: verifications and one surprise
On the 85th anniversary of the Bombing of Guernica, we check that totalitarianism's techniques are still alive, and the day surprises us with a condemnation
Basque Country 1937–Ukraine 2022: Totalitarianism has not stopped killing, or lying
President Zelenskiy has compared what has been happening in some Ukrainian cities with what happened in Guernica: the massacre of civilians by occupying troops
An introduction to the first lehendakari and his flight through Nazi...
Historian Ingo Niebel is presenting his book about Lehendakari Aguirre's flight through Occupied Europe to escape Nazi and Francoist persecution
Oct. 7, 1936, when Lehendakari Aguirre’s oath changed the history of...
On October 7, 1936, José Antonio Aguirre swore the oath of the Lehendakari of the Basque Government, kicking off a new era in our country
Aguirre. Reading and reflections about the New World republics from...
Andoni Ortuzar analyzes Lehendakari Aguirre's readings while hiding from the Gestapo in Europe and his thoughts on the republics of the New World