The survivor was honored by the Gernika City Council on September 3, on the occasion of his 100th birthday. On April 26, 1937, he sought shelter in a shelter and was able to save his life.
Luis Iriondoone of the last survivors of the fascist bombing of Gernika, has died today in this Biscayan city, just three weeks after his 100th birthday, according to municipal sources.
Iriondo, what was it? honored on day 3 In September, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, the town council of Gernika collected its memories of the air raid on this town of Biscay 85 years ago, in the book The boy from Guernica.
On April 26, 1937, when the planes started dropping their bombs on the city of Gernika, Iriondo took shelter in a shelter and was able to save his life.
Brother of the athletic player Rafa Iriondo, he is a well-known man in Gernika, where he led the painting and drawing school of the House of Culture for more than 55 years.
In addition, he has stories, theater, zarzuela . written amatxu and the Basque opera script Guernicawork of Francisco Escudero.
Luis Iriondo was one of the few living people who experienced that tragedy firsthand, and who can still remember him with great clarity today.
Iriondo was one of the most representative faces of the Gernika tragedy. He lived it when he was only 14 years old, but he remembered perfectly what happened. He never understood the reason for the violence and found it difficult to process the news about Ukraine.
He made Gernika his life and from his hometown he collaborated with other bombed cities, such as Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
His story ends here, but thanks to his testimony, many other generations will know what happened in Gernika.
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