Miliciano Note

Much as I admire Machado as a poet, I cannot share his admiration for the militia men of the Spanish Republic.
Leftists like Machado can talk about "hombría" and "senorío" all they want. All I see is Red scum from the gutter.
A few photos will suffice to show why.

Spanish Republican militia men posing with skeletons of nuns from cemetery of desecrated and pillaged Convento de la Concepción, Toledo, 1936, one of innumerable similar incidents, destroying thousands of churches, monasteries, convents, hospitals, orphanages, hospitals and schools.
The sick, the indigent, school children of all ages, and orphans, were simply thrown out on the street. Thousands of priests were simply shot.
It was this sort of thing that caused the war.
I am sorry that doctrinaire intellectuals like Machado cannot see this.



Note



"Anti-fascist" mockery in looted nuns' habits



Anti-religious mockery in looted church



Voodoo-like celebration in looted and pillaged Iglesia del Carmen, Madrid



Destruction of Catholic secondary school, Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, Madrid


The fate of thousands of churches: before -- after


Destruction of Cerro de los Ángeles, Getafe, Madrid



Iglesia parroquial de Santa María, Maqueda, Toledo


Iglesia de las Madres de Sales, Barcelona




Convento de las Salesas, Barcelona









CONCLUSION:

Whatever you think of the Republican "milicianos", "Pueblo de Señores" does not mean "Master Race". Neither does "Herrenvolk". That is the point.
They are examples of the patriotic, egalitarian jargon common to all political systems, nothing more.

Return to:

Master Race Quiz
Antonio Machado on the so-called "Master Race"
The Myth of the "Master Race" by C.W. Porter
The Myth of "Kadavergehorsam" by C.W. Porter
The Myth of the "Thousand Year Reich" by C.W. Porter
THE MYTH OF "A THOUSAND YEARS WILL PASS"

See also:
http://www.persecucionreligiosa.es/expo.html