Witness History - 75 years since Guernica - BBC Sounds (original) (raw)
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World Service,·24 Apr 2012,·10 mins
75 years since Guernica
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In April 1937 the Basque town of Guernica was firebombed during the Spanish Civil War. In the aftermath of the attacks thousands of children were sent to Britain to avoid the bombing. Herminio Martinez was one of those child evacuees. (this programme was first broadcast last year) Photo: unknown children on board the liner Habana. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)