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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 23/2/2023: explaining the past (and a proper Leica film photo too)
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:57:04 +0100

A proper Leica image this time?shot on film with the Leica M2 and developed 
by me. The background: on 25 May 1938, Alicante was the victim of one of the 
many war crimes during the Spanish Civil War. The city was besieged, and 
starvation was widespread. On that day, the attackers knew that there would 
be a delivery of fish to the Central Market, and so Mussolini?s air force 
chose to bomb the market?the objective was clearly to sow terror among the 
population, there were no military targets anywhere nearby. More than 300 
people were killed.

Today the square is called Plaza del 25 de Mayo, and in 2013 a memorial 
plaque was installed on the pavement (the fact that it took so long after 
re-establishment of democracy in 1978 is another story). Most people just 
walk by, but I noticed a father explaining the meaning of the memorial to 
his young daughter:

https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-7FBJMQn/A

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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