tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4354601598764630040..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: No Passareu! - Katherine LangrishMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-83415571103052070802018-03-07T22:01:09.545+00:002018-03-07T22:01:09.545+00:00Amazing. Living history.
This words "No pass...Amazing. Living history.<br /><br />This words "No passareu", from the poem of Apel·les Mestres, were the origin of the spanish slogan "No pasarán" adopted by the Republican Army in the defense of Madrid (against the Franco's rebel army) at the war in Spain (1936-39).<br />The poem was written in protest by the invasion of Belgium during the First World War. Because of this poem, France also distinguished Apel·les Mestres Knight of the Legion of Honour and also awarded him with the Academic Palms of France.<br /><br />I don't know if "after that", this words becamed also the <a href="http://jburavand.free.fr/historiques%20RI/RI-53.pdf" rel="nofollow"> devise/motto</a> of the <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/53e_r%C3%A9giment_d%27infanterie" rel="nofollow">"53 regiment"</a>, wich is a militar unity of the french army but from Northern Catalonia (since 1659 this part of Catalonia belongs to France).<br /><br />The point is that all the signatures and dedications are writted in catalan, and so it means to be writted by spanish Catalans (at that time, the possibilities for a french Catalan of being able to writte correctly in catalan were almost null -in France the school and the only official language was the french, the idiom of the culture there-).<br />This fact is even more evident with the presence of a dedication in spanish, in the second photo: in spanish Catalonia there was not either scholarization in catalan until 1931 -with the democratic Republic-, even though there were newspapers, magazines, books or theater in catalan, and a lot of people were able to write it).<br /><br />The "problem" is to link Capitaine Barthés (that was a man from the 53 Regiment, the french catalans unity) with the spanish catalans that had writted in that book, because the spanish catalan soldiers were engaged in the Foreign Legion, as they weren't french citizens.<br /> <br />But this can reveal that the relation between catalans (frenchs and spanishs ones) existed despite the separation in different states or in different parts of the army<br /><br /><br />"B. Rius Teixidor" seems to be Benvingut Rius Teixidor (1872 - 1949), a catalan arquitecht: what fits in the type of draw.<br /><br /><br />Please, don't let this document get lost! (Take into consideration to donate it, for example to the <a href="www.mhcat.cat/" rel="nofollow">History Museum of Catalonia</a>)nando ││││https://www.blogger.com/profile/03955347465777209605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-33042420922328563812015-08-08T21:22:12.597+01:002015-08-08T21:22:12.597+01:00The Musee de la Legion d'honneur might be able...The Musee de la Legion d'honneur might be able to help you track down Capt. Barthes, and find ou why he ws given the award.<br /> http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/en/page/find-honorees/554Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234975039675044712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67644807639043932162015-08-05T20:12:09.529+01:002015-08-05T20:12:09.529+01:00That's an amazing find, and how interesting! I...That's an amazing find, and how interesting! I was in Catalonia, French Catalonia that is, for a wedding, and became aware of that part of history. Thanks for adding to what I knew!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-23002654074418310852015-08-05T08:31:58.947+01:002015-08-05T08:31:58.947+01:00Wow! Exactly my reaction too, Joan. I visit Aigues...Wow! Exactly my reaction too, Joan. I visit Aigues Mortes regularly (I live less than two hours away) and have never stepped foot inside any antique shop with such offerings. I must look more carefully next time. What a find. I would be fascinated to learn the history too. Thank youCarol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-17757137320428365382015-08-04T17:40:08.645+01:002015-08-04T17:40:08.645+01:00Wow! What a find! Coincidentally my post tomorro...Wow! What a find! Coincidentally my post tomorrow is about favourite finds, but on a much less spectacular note - that's a thing of beauty indeed you found! (Great minds thinking alike, right?)Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com