OLIVER ORTIZ EMILIO. Emotions of a site (Belchite regina martyrum). Foreword by Manuel Aznar. Amalthea Editorial, SA Barcelona. 272 pp.
I have in my hands a book that I consider essential to know the status of Belchite in 1931 and subsequent years. Its author, Oliver Emilio Ortiz, first-person lived those events and left us a story true of them: "There was a Socialist Workers Center ... But then came the results of the elections of February 36 ... and the picture change ..." And it points out several examples of this change. PART .-
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the military uprising, Belchite was on the line that separated the two sides. "During the air raid and the advance of enemy trucks, poachers have shot out some windows, against defenders of the square that ran through the streets to reinforce inputs identified they have been arrested ..." This may be the explanation retaliation (probably excessive, even considering they were at war) taken against some neighbors. The next chapter shows the application of justice in an impressive narrative.
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voluntary militias .- From the first time we had a group of volunteers important to the defense of the plaza. Fighting
.- Of all the attacks the most dangerous was the one who suffered 27 and December 28, 1936, known among the people as "fighting the fog." La Puerta del Pozo
.- was the main entrance of the village next to the road to Zaragoza, very crowded at the start and finish of the bus. The Cairn Wolf
.- The enemy has made deep excavations at the Landmark. From the village see, at first glance, four threatening open mouths in the rock.
PART .- The site. From August 25 to September 6, 1937.
We offer the author a detailed diary of the site that came under the town. Some examples.
Friday, August 27 .- Last night I fell into enemy hands Puebla de Albortón and cannon fire on the people and the sanctuary of Pueyo.
Wednesday 1 September .- About five in the evening even red aviation comes to the aid of the assailants. Makes a profuse planting bombs. Three of them fall and explode in the parish church. Sink altars and debris raining down on the bed of the wounded.
Friday, three in September .- In a wine press of a house on Main Street are being thrown over sixty dead and buried is still open to offers we receive a hundred more.
Saturday, four in September .- In the afternoon, and our only points of support are the Parish Church and the City and these are the preferred targets for the enemy cannon.
Sunday, 5 September. On the night of 5 to 6 September, after trying in several places, a group of besieged manages to break the siege by the Arc of San Roque. Some fell in the attempt, but others managed to get to Zaragoza. The book ends with some additional chapters, among others, the commander Santapau, and Antonio García Marín.
Julia Martin BLASCO
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