Historical Memory

On October 23, 1980, 50 minors and 3 adults were killed in a gas explosion at Marcelino Ugalde Public School.

Two friends of Maxima Casado have told ETB how they remember the day of the murder. Pepe Moulia, a former prison official, and Benito Aguirre, a former director of Zaballa and currently responsible for the prison inspection in the Basque Country, have stated that their diary was not easy knowing that they were targets of ETA. 

Sanchez made this announcement at the Government Control Session in the plenary of Congress in response to a question from EH Bildu's parliamentary spokeswoman, Mertxe Aizpurua, who asked him what measures the government will take to "end the exaltation of Francoism." 

On 1 December, a meeting of students, victims and citizens will be held to "demystify the last years" of Francoism.

EH Bilduko legebiltzarkide eta programa zuzendariak Euskadi Irratian azaldu dunez, Jaurlaritzak erabil izan zitzakeen "Ordena Publikoaren legea, Memoriaren legea eta Herritarren Babeserako legea" Falanjearen elkarretaratzea debekatzeko, espero izatekoa zelako "faxistak faxistakeriak egitera zetozela, eta ez Ama Zuriari loreak jartzera".

Batzordearen esanetan, "errepresioaren testigantza materialak" gordetzea baliagarria da memoria historikoa eraikitzeko tresna gisa. Horrela, "totalitarismoa gurtzeko leku zena pentsamendu kritikoko gune bihurtu nahi da, 1936ko estatu-kolpearen sustraiei, testuinguru historikoari eta ondorioei buruzko ezagutza historikoa, eta balio demokratikoak sustatzeko ekintza politiko eta kulturalerako gune".

The Basque Government's Assessment Committee ruled in 2015 that there was insufficient evidence to refute the official version of suicide, and now, with these new indications, they are asking the Basque Government to reevaluate the case.

A few months before the death of the dictator Franco, on 5 October 1975, ETA killed three civil guards in the shrine of Aránzazu. That same day, at night, three strangers shot Iñaki Etxabe at the bar in Kanpazar. The Spanish Basque Battalion claimed responsibility for the attack. 

The City Council of San Sebastián has placed a plaque in memory of Diego Fernández-Montes, murdered by ETA in 1978, at an event on Miramar Street, with which 36 commemorative plates have already been placed in the city.

  CouncilorMaria Jesús San José apologized on Monday to the families of ETA members José Mari Etxaniz, Iñaxio Astiasuinzarra, Agustín Irazustabarrena and Sabin Etxaide, murdered by the GAL at the Mombar hotel in Baiona in 1985.

Hotel Monbar, 1985. 40 years since the largest massacre of GALs, the representative of the Egiari Zor Foundation, which works for the rights of victims in the States, has taken the floor attheopening of the exhibition.  has called for attention to"serious human rights violations that have occurred in this country, regardless of the source of the violence they suffered ".

The Justice and Human Rights Counsellor has apologized to the families of the victims murdered 40 years ago by the GAL at the Monbar Hotel in Baiona for "the lack of institutional presence and social silence of four decades." 

Counselor Maria Jesus San Jose has also condemned the statements made by several former politicians and said they only served to "cause pain, undermine the credibility of democracy and tarnish the acronym of a political party with roots in the defence of human rights."

According to Sortu's Secretary General, "the Spanish Government is facing an historic opportunity to provide a democratic solution to the Spanish problem."

EHKS held a political event this afternoon in Zarautz on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the shooting of ETA members Juan Paredes' Txiki 'and Ángel Otaegi, who paid tribute to those who fought against Francoism and stressed that an anti-fascist struggle is still needed today.

It is half a century since the Franchists shot Jon Paredes' Txiki 'and Angel Otaegi . For a long time, their relatives have been working hard not to lose their memory. They have felt very forgotten by the institutions, because those two young people who fought against the Franco dictatorship were not recognized as victims until 2012.

The PNV and the PSE-EE claim to be victims of Francoism, but call for terrorism not to be blurred. EH Bildu defends their memory as a "reference" for the fight against Francoism and calls for the PP to remember the "crimes" they committed.

Four people were shot dead and one fifth injured. Years later, the perpetrators of the murder, two mercenaries from Marseille, were tried. During the trial, the Spanish state secret services confessed to hiring them, but this investigation was closed for lack of evidence.