Dormant English-language blog curating tweets & articles about Spain's disputes over its past, from street names to unmarked graves. Tweets by @tomvvardle
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Spain's Memory Wars retweeted
Players, founders, directors and members of Osasuna were murdered and imprisoned during the 1936 coup & Spanish Civil War. Osasuna Memoria have started this campaign for the descendants of those victims to be invited to take the honourary kick-off before a match #OsasunaMemoria
SAQUE DE HONOR, OSASUNA MEMORIA. Verdad, justicia y reparación. Memoria y dignidad de las víctimas. Comparte el vídeo. RT, eskerrik asko. #OsasunaMemoria
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'The footballers who fought Franco'
New article looking at the Sporting Battalion (Batallón Deportivo) who fought in the defence of Madrid and exploring the fate of some of its footballer soldiers met once the Spanish Civil War was lost.
#18dejulio #OTD
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Spain's Memory Wars retweeted
'The footballers who fought Franco'
To mark the 90th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War I've written about the Sporting Battalion, made up of amateur and international footballers, who defended Madrid from Franco's advances.
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'The families of Franco’s victims still seeking justice 50 years after his death
More than 114,000 civilians were killed and ‘thrown in the ground like dogs’ during Spain’s civil war and in the years that followed. Many are still there'- @danhancox
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Spain's Memory Wars retweeted
On the 50th anniversary of Franco's death, re-sharing this article @EoghanGilmartin and I wrote about Francoism and justice.
Sadly, Manuel passed away without ever seeing justice for his brother. Fausto, fortunately, was able to recover his father's body. tribunemag.co.uk/2021/08/mis…
On this day in 1936, the Spanish Civil War begins on the mainland as the army revolt and generals attempt a coup d'état against the Spanish Second Republic.
Some remarkable photos compiled by EFE of the first days of the war: artsandculture.google.com/st…
In 2022, the Spanish government introduced a national Democratic Memory Law to bring justice to Franco-era victims. This came after 2 decades of a social movement trying to recover bodies and achieve reparation of the defeated.
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Meanwhile regional memory laws are being overturned by right-wing governments and replaced with 'harmony' laws. theguardian.com/world/articl…
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'Spanish government takes legal action to shut down Franco foundation
Governing socialists say FNFF fails to comply with legislation that forbids any attempt to glorify regime'
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Spain's Memory Wars retweeted
First hunt in Spain for remains of Britons who fought against Franco in civil war. My latest for @Independent on the search for International Brigade fighters. Gracias @IBMT_SCW #SpanishCivilWar independent.co.uk/news/world…
Spain's Memory Wars retweeted
📢 We are pleased to announce the international conference WEAVING MEMORY: public policies, mass graves and materialities ❗️
✏️ Provisional programme and registration now available ➡️ ja.cat/zANDt
📅 25-28 June 2024
📍Faculty of Geography and History @GH_UB
'UN alarm over rightwing laws that could ‘whitewash’ Franco era in Spain
Three UN experts warn proposed ‘harmony laws’ may contravene international human rights standards.'
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Spain's Memory Wars retweeted
At around 1630 today on 26 April 1937, the Nazi Condor Legion with never admitted support of General Franco began its murderous destruction of the Basque town of Gernika. This is a cutting from The Times of the famous article by George Steer denouncing the atrocity the next day
Spain's Memory Wars retweeted
On this day 87 years ago, German and Italian planes bombed the northern Spanish town of Gernika at the behest of General Franco.
This is the story of the Picasso painting it inspired, the town’s football team and the painful process of memory since then.
theathletic.com/5438566/2024…
On this day in 1937, the Basque town of Gernika was destroyed by the Nazi Condor Legion and Italian air force, immortalised by Picasso's Guernica.
Our thread on how Gernika has transformed itself into a 'City of Peace'. xitter.gq/SpainMemoryWars/status…
This anniversary, 87 years after the bombing, Gernika will be formally declared as a 'Place of Memory' by the Spanish government. eldiario.es/euskadi/gernika-…
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Spain's Memory Wars retweeted
Right-wing parties 'whitewash' Spain's fascist past with law erasing Franco dictatorship. Castilla y León govt says no consensus on blame for civil war while threatening to impede exhumations and historical investigation on privacy grounds @Emilio_Silva_ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2…
'Spain's top court rejects bid to stop removal of medals awarded by dictator General Franco' theolivepress.es/spain-news/…
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'Family and lawyers 'frustrated' in fight for justice 50 years on from Puig Antich's death
Anarchist Salvador Puig Antich was executed in Barcelona's La Model prison by the Franco regime in 1974'
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