MADRID: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday said Germany must not forget the “crime” of Guernica, days before becoming the first German head of state to visit the Spanish town devastated by Nazi bombers in 1937. The Condor Legion killed hundreds when it bombed the northern Basque town on April 26, 1937 in support of General Francisco Franco’s rebels during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) alongside Fascist Italy.

Il presidente della Repubblica federale tedesca Frank-Walter Steinmeier sarà il primo capo di Stato tedesco a visitare Guernica, città basca che fu bombardata nel 1937, durante la…

Il presidente della Repubblica federale tedesca Frank-Walter Steinmeier sarà il primo capo di Stato tedesco a visitare Guernica, città basca che fu bombardata nel 1937, durante la…

MADRID: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday said Germany must not forget the “crime” of Guernica, days before becoming the first German head of state to visit the…

MADRID: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will on Friday become the first German head of state to visit Guernica, the Basque town devastated by a Nazi air raid during…

Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Basque town for remembrance ceremony marking ‘terrible crimes’ of 1937