jose antonio agirre lekube
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JOSE ANTONIO AGIRRE LEKUBE. Biography - Born in Bilbao in 1904 - Member of the EAJ-PNV party. - Mayor of Getxo, near Bilbao. - First President of the Basque Autonomous Government of Euzkadi. The Autonomous Republic of Euzkadi. Spanish Civil War - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
JOSE ANTONIO AGIRRE LEKUBE
Biography
- Born in Bilbao in 1904
- Member of the EAJ-PNV party.
- Mayor of Getxo, near Bilbao.
- First President of the Basque Autonomous Government of Euzkadi.
The Autonomous Republic of Euzkadi
Spanish Civil War
The Basque regions of Navarre and Araba quickly fell into the rebels’ control
The autonomous Republic of Euzkadi was established
Agirre formed an army and a government
The Basque Army managed to mobilize 100,000 soldiers.
The Autonomous Republic of Euzkadi
during the Civil War
Defeat and exile of President Agirre
José Antonio Agirre fled to France after the war
He and his family escaped the long arms of the Nazis.
Exile during World War II
Agirre led the Euzkadi Delegation in Buenos Aires. he went to Uruguay he set up a big Basque exiles network he went to France
Agirre died in Paris on 22 March 1960 of a heart attack, aged 56.
Basque contribution to resistance against Nazism and Fascism in
Europe
WHY SHOULD HE BE A EUROPEAN HERO?
He formed a government and an army
He set up a big Basque exiles network to work for the Allies against nazis and fascists.
JOSE ANTONIO AGIRRE
THE EUROPEAN HERO!!!
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LOREA ETXEBERRIAMAIALEN ALDALURMAIALEN AGIRRE
IRIS PETERSANNE ADRIAENS
DANIQUE RAUTERT