During the Spanish Civil War, the Condor Legion of the German air force, supporting the Nationalists, bombed the Basque city of Guernica on this day in 1937, an event memorialized in Pablo Picasso's painting Guernica. [Britannica Online]
- "Spanish Bombs" by the Clash [London Calling]
- "Spanish Bombs" by the Clash [Acoustic Daze, Gate's Head Sta. 5.11.1985]
- "Long Long Time Ago" by Javier Navarrete [Pan's Labyrinth]
- "Pan's Labyrinth Lullaby" by Javier Navarrete [Pan's Labyrinth]
And if you haven't seen Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, set after the war under Franco, I'd like to encourage you to check it out. I have yet to see its "spiritual" prequel, The Devil's Backbone, which is set during the war.
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Ooh, ooh, The Devil's Backbone is really, really good.
I'm incredibly lazy these days too, I need to sort that.
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