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Operation Rügen

Between 1630 and 19.30 am on Monday, April 26, 1937, several squadrons of German bombers devastated the Condor Legion Guernica. The operation was allegedly Rügen military objective the destruction of the bridge district gernikarra Renteria, key communications center for the Republican troops that retreated to prepare the defense of Bilbao, and Astra-weapons factory Unceta. During the three hours of the attack, hundreds of firebombs destroyed 70% of the buildings of the Villa Navarre, 20% were severely damaged ... the bridge and the factory remained intact. Would you missed destination for the Luftwaffe airmen?, "Missed his calculations Lieutenant Colonel von Richthofen, the then Chief of Staff of the Legion Condor and military commander of the mission? ... negative. The real objective of the bombing was not in the first instance, to hinder the movement of the Republican troops, reasonable question, I dare say, in a state of war, but one difficult to justify, even from the perspective of exceptional situation which is always a struggle: to terrorize the civilian population with the tactic of carpet bombing will reveal how effective a few years later, in World War II. Consummate the abuse, both sides accused each other disputed authorship until a first of April 1939 the Victoria start writing their own history and, of course, the investigation is deferred, is deferred, and finally suspended. The bombing will be officially within the boundaries of the homeland, an operation orchestrated by the international communism to discredit the crusade that had begun so nobly our nation. What the international press says otherwise?, Saying, "that European governments, seeing them come without doubt, write warm letters of protest?, They write," the stubborn smears Picasso few square meters of canvas and display it in International Exhibition of Paris? because that smearing and displaying, plin us. And it is already known: Can not be in jail and afraid ... so something else, think our elders.

However, besides the bridge and the factory, there were some areas population were also unscathed. It is not known whether because the Carlist, so prone to statutory oath, said on German maps the sacred site of the Parliament Building and its adjacent tree. In any case, the Jesuit Arzalluz Jansenists and their hosts are congratulating size prodigy.

Tree ( Gernikako arbola , they say) is an oak tree around which, since medieval Media, representatives of each parish church debated, the general assembly, the common problems of the Lordship of Vizcaya (Bizkaia , insist). Although strictly speaking we could talk about trees, because in the gardens surrounding the Casa de Juntas there are two copies. Let me explain. The present oak next to the podium was planted in 2005 and succeeded an earlier planted in 1860. A few feet away, surrounded by columns in a circular neoclassical temple, is the Old Tree, which is about 300 years older than the rest remains of many plant oaks that gave luster to the Charters.

Tree Guernica around the rostrum (planted in 2005)

Old Tree