This note appeared today at EITb:
Now, I strongly recommend that you spend some time learning about what lead up to the vicious and genocidal attack on Gernika by the fascist regimes (Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy) in support of Francisco Franco.
Here you have the link:
It is almost flawless, and I say almost because of one huge disservice to the Basques' struggle to regain their independence. You see, EITb plays by the Basque Autonomous Government's rules and since the members of the ruling Basque Nationalist Party want to play "moderate" to the eyes of the international community they are very willing to incur in authentic acts of treason, acts of treason that are merrily echoed by the media outlets at their disposition.
So, when you read about the bombing you will find a tally of victims that has been trimmed, instead of the 1,600 deaths that history has recorded EITb stands by the "newer" count: 250.
This revisionism works in behalf of Spain, it helps sanitizing the image that the public has of this country. But history has a penchant for setting things straight as in this case.
Spain has a long history of violence against other nations, and this violence translated into the worst genocide in recorded history, the conquest of America in which millions of people perished and entire civilizations disappeared as a result of a long campaign to loot the resources of the continent. Navarre / Euskal Herria as an European soil colony is not the exception and thousands of Basques have been killed throughout the centuries that the Spanish occupation has lasted.
More so, those Basques killed in Gernika are victims of the Nazis too, and if the Basque Government of the time established the 1600 figure I do not see a reason for them to lie about it. And if the Jewish claim that the Nazis murdered 6 million of their people I want to see who is willing to reduce that amount to a mere 15%.
No one would do such thing without being labeled a racist pig, a Nazi apologist and an anti-Semite. So why are people willing to cut Spain and Nazi Germany some slack by reducing the number of Basque victims?
Treachery, pure treachery.
Sci/Tech
Worldwide recognition
"Gernika 1937-2007" wins "Pulitzer for Infographic Design"
03/15/2008
Basque web sites hiru.com and consumer.es also won Malofiej awards. Nytimes.com's “Deadly Rampage at Virginia Tech” won the best-of-show prize.
The multimedia work carried out by the Basque news and information channel eitb24.com on the anniversary of the bombing of the Basque town of Gernika won on Friday one of the Malofiej Awards, considered as the "Pulitzer Prizes for Infographic Design".
“Gernika 1937-2007”, which includes three infographics, two audiovisual works and a virtual walk through Gernika (by Axiora) before, during and after the bombing, won the bronze award. It entered competition together with other 1,300 entries that were submitted from 124 media in 24 countries.
Other winners announced during the Friday ceremony in Pamplona/Iruña include hiru.com, the web site of the Department of Education of the Basque Government and consumer.es.
The three infographics were carried out by Aitor Eguinoa and Cristián Werb, of 90grados.
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Now, I strongly recommend that you spend some time learning about what lead up to the vicious and genocidal attack on Gernika by the fascist regimes (Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy) in support of Francisco Franco.
Here you have the link:
It is almost flawless, and I say almost because of one huge disservice to the Basques' struggle to regain their independence. You see, EITb plays by the Basque Autonomous Government's rules and since the members of the ruling Basque Nationalist Party want to play "moderate" to the eyes of the international community they are very willing to incur in authentic acts of treason, acts of treason that are merrily echoed by the media outlets at their disposition.
So, when you read about the bombing you will find a tally of victims that has been trimmed, instead of the 1,600 deaths that history has recorded EITb stands by the "newer" count: 250.
This revisionism works in behalf of Spain, it helps sanitizing the image that the public has of this country. But history has a penchant for setting things straight as in this case.
Spain has a long history of violence against other nations, and this violence translated into the worst genocide in recorded history, the conquest of America in which millions of people perished and entire civilizations disappeared as a result of a long campaign to loot the resources of the continent. Navarre / Euskal Herria as an European soil colony is not the exception and thousands of Basques have been killed throughout the centuries that the Spanish occupation has lasted.
More so, those Basques killed in Gernika are victims of the Nazis too, and if the Basque Government of the time established the 1600 figure I do not see a reason for them to lie about it. And if the Jewish claim that the Nazis murdered 6 million of their people I want to see who is willing to reduce that amount to a mere 15%.
No one would do such thing without being labeled a racist pig, a Nazi apologist and an anti-Semite. So why are people willing to cut Spain and Nazi Germany some slack by reducing the number of Basque victims?
Treachery, pure treachery.
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