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Terror museum

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
Xabier Zumalde, former chief of military E.T.A. from 1968 to 1976, opened an exhibition in Artea, a small village in the Spanish Basque region. This exhibition was about E.T.A.'s fight during Franco's fascist dictatorship.

Two days before the opening Spain's two main political parties asked for it to be shut down as it was an apology for terrorism. The Basque regional Government also asked the Town Hall to close it as it offended the families of the victims.

And is was closed down, three times. And part of the material has been confiscated. The reason given by the mayer is: "I don't agree with it, this is not the time or place for an exhibition like this, and even less considering that I wasn't informed". (Source, in Spanish, sorry).

Is this exhibition an apology for terrorism? Remember it is about E.T.A. during Franco's dictatorship, and it has been organized by its first leader, that left the organization when he saw that Democracy was on it's way.

What E.T.A. did during this period was the same thing the Makis did in another region of Spain, and they have their own museum. The same the French Resistance or the Yugoslavian Partisans did. It is the same thing the British Resistance would have done if Hitler would have invaded, according to a program on telly (if the telly says it, it must be true).

(This is the only source I found about it in English. Click here ---> :D )

What are your thoughts? (Or questions)

Comments

  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    One mans terrorist, is another mans freedom-fighter.

    As, in this case, we are talking about resistance to facism, then I have no problem. That said, I would be interested to know what their targets were and if they killed innocents deliberately...
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Was their terrorism then about Franco or regional self-determination as it didn't stop post-Franco?
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Man Of Kent
    One mans terrorist, is another mans freedom-fighter.

    As, in this case, we are talking about resistance to facism, then I have no problem. That said, I would be interested to know what their targets were and if they killed innocents deliberately...

    E.T.A. has only ever targeted the Armed Forces (army and police), politicians, press and company owners that didn't pay their Revolutionary Tax. But they have killed many civilians, about 20 of them under 16.

    During the Dictatorship they killed all the above (and not many) but they also killed a few Franco supporters with influence. As I said, they didn't kill many people (one is too many), their fighting strategy was psicological more than destructive.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by ladymuck
    Was their terrorism then about Franco or regional self-determination as it didn't stop post-Franco?

    It was about both. The reason many Spaniards respect the Makis (that more or less did the same as E.T.A. during the dictatorship) is because they stoppped after Franco's death. E.T.A. hasn't stopped and they still use the same reasons to justify their acts: (they say) they want an independent Socialist People's Republic called Euskalherria and to get it they must fight the opressing fascist Spanish State, that have police that torture them in jail. A state that wants to destroy their culture and ban their language.
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