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Former German air force officers have conceded that the Luftwaffe was responsible for Guernica; they have also insisted that the raid was a monumental error, caused by bad visibility and inexperience. The real target, they have claimed, was a tiny, 60-ft. stone-and-steel bridge over the narrow Mundaca River, a funnel for retreating Basque troops. But why incendiaries against a stone bridge? And why so massive a raid against so small a target? The Renteria Bridge, in any case, was never touched. Nor were the sacred oak and the adjoining Casa de Juntas (assembly hall) of the Basques...
...bridge still spans the sluggish, greenish Mundaca, touching directly on the new Guernica that has replaced the flattened core of the old town, much of it laid out along original streets. The population has grown to some 17,000, reinforced by many non-Basque migrants from other parts of Spain. Unemployment is relatively low: the three silverware factories and the old arms plant are doing acceptable business. Monday -the day the bombs came-is still market day. Basque is spoken widely, and the old folks say that the young are more radical than anyone in their pursuit of Basque rights...
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