Desgraciadamente, muchos de los españoles que lucharon a su lado se encuentran aún en anónimas fosas comunes cavadas en ignoradas cunetas españolas. Es la mayor vergüenza de España actualmente que aún haya españoles vengativos con corazones de piedra que niegan a estas víctimas del fascismo el recuerdo y el homenaje de sus compañeros y familias.
miércoles, 22 de agosto de 2007
Contra el fascismo
En el vestíbulo del edificio donde se encuentra mi despacho, el North Academic Center, hay un muro con placas de homenaje a los ex-alumnos del City College que lucharon en las diferentes guerras. Entre ellas, me ha llamado la atención el Guernica, y me he dado cuenta de que esta placa está dedicada, textualmente, a los ex-alumnos, alumnos y profesores del City College que murieron luchando contra el fascismo en España.
Desgraciadamente, muchos de los españoles que lucharon a su lado se encuentran aún en anónimas fosas comunes cavadas en ignoradas cunetas españolas. Es la mayor vergüenza de España actualmente que aún haya españoles vengativos con corazones de piedra que niegan a estas víctimas del fascismo el recuerdo y el homenaje de sus compañeros y familias.
Desgraciadamente, muchos de los españoles que lucharon a su lado se encuentran aún en anónimas fosas comunes cavadas en ignoradas cunetas españolas. Es la mayor vergüenza de España actualmente que aún haya españoles vengativos con corazones de piedra que niegan a estas víctimas del fascismo el recuerdo y el homenaje de sus compañeros y familias.
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In the war both sides did equally horrible things. As much recognition deserve the ones who died on one side as the other. Very likely they did not even have much chance to pick which side they fought for, they just found themselves in the middle of it, and I am sure, most of them, would much rather not have had to fight at all.
Clearly both sides did bad things, but this is not the point. My point is that after the war, the winners had all the accolades and recognitions, while the losers had nothing. The dead for the Republican side looked as if they had been nonexistent and were buried in unmarked mass graves, while the winners were honored in monuments all over the country and survivors had pensions and cushy jobs.
But the real point is that right now there are still some sad and evil fascists who still think those who died fighting for real democracy and freedom should not be honored and should be left in the mass graves. I despise those people, I am sorry. They are utterly resentful and disgusting people who do not deserve to walk the face of the Earth, they show no mercy or charity for fellow human beings who just committed the terrible sin of being in freedom's side.
You say it in your comment as much recognition deserve those on one side than those on the other. And that's precisely what those on the losing side did not get, and the descendants of the winners still deny that recognition at this day in 2007. That's what I think is despicable.
And by the way, sure many people found themselves in the middle of the conflict, but there were also many people who chose to fight on the side of the legitimate government for political idealistic reasons, thinking that it was the really free and democratic government. Along with many volunteers from all over the world, including many from America.
They lost the war because the European democracies basically washed their hands and looked the other way, while Germany and Italy heavily helped the fascist assassin Franco.
Unfortunately that is what happens with wars, the winners get the recognition. While I agree that people should be able to recognize whoever, for whatever reason, whenever, I have the feeling that going back and digging into these things will create a deeper divison into an already divided society, and fuel further hate and resentment, which can only lead to bad things. Can't we all just get along, leave the baggage behind, and move towards the future.
You wouldn't say that if it were your grandfather who is in a mass grave you don't know where it is. And what I am complaining is that I think now that Spain is an established democracy, it wouldn't hurt to just spend some effort to take those people out and give them a real place to rest, where the family can bring some flowers every now and then. I can't understand how people would still deny them even that. Anyway.
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