Amy Goodman on the 75th Anniversary of Guernica Bombing, Portrayed By Picasso Painting

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Published on Jul 6, 2012 by democracynow

DemocracyNow.org - On April 26, 1937, Nazi-German aircraft carpet-bombed the Basque town of Guernica in an attempt to support the Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco. The bombing killed as many as 1,600 and wounded hundreds. Eighty percent of the city's buildings were destroyed. It was one of the first aerial attacks on a civilian target. Pablo Picasso's painting, "Guernica," was inspired by the bombing. Amy Goodman is in Guernica today and talks about the impact of the assault 75 years later.

Transcript at http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/6/amy_goodman_in_spain_on_the

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1. This work has been inspiring so many times. It is said that Picasso had little postcards made up

of Guernica for his studio in Paris during WW2 and when the Nazis occupied Paris, military officers would drop by and mildly harass Picasso. He offered one officer his postcard and said "Here. It is a souvenir." The officer asked "you did this?" and Picasso replied "No, you did."