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The Guernica tapestry was the showcase piece for the grand reopening of the Whitechapel Gallery. It was located in the 'Guernica room' which was originally part of the old Whitechapel Library. [64] In 2012 the tapestry was on loan from the Rockefeller family to the San Antonio Museum of Art in San Antonio, Texas. [65]
The bombing of Guernica by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria was deliberately chosen to occur on a Monday (April 26, 1937), because it was known that the Basque people who lived outside of Guernica proper would travel into town for the Market Day, thus affording the pilots of the German and Italian aircraft the ...
The attacks destroyed the majority of Guernica. Three-quarters of the city's buildings were reported completely destroyed, and most others sustained damage. Among infrastructure spared were the arms factories Unceta and Company and Talleres de Guernica along with the Assembly House Casa de Juntas and the Gernikako Arbola. Since the Luftwaffe ...
The history of Jews and Muslims in the Eastern Islamic world highlights the profound impact Islamic rule had on Jewish communities. For much of the medieval period, "the Jewish communities of the Islamic world were responsible for many of the institutions, texts, and practices that would define Judaism well into the modern era" [15]. Islamic ...
April 26, 1937: More than 1,600 people killed by aerial bombardment of Guernica in Spain. April 13, 1937: Brutal lynching of two African-Americans takes place in Mississippi, with photographs later published worldwide (pictured: Robert McDaniels)
Other Islamic scholars believe that Muhammad ascended to Heaven from the Masjid Al-Aqsa, of which the Dome of the Rock is a part. [67] [68] In traditional Jewish sources, it is believed to be the place from which the creation of the world began. [69] Moreover, many Jews believe the site to be where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac.
[311] [312] A notable urban remnant of the Crusader architecture of this era is found in Acre's old city. [311] During the period of Crusader control, it has been estimated that Palestine had only 1,000 poor Jewish families. [cvii] Jews fought alongside the Muslims against the Crusaders in Jerusalem in 1099 and Haifa in 1100.
Mahane Israel becomes the second Jewish neighbourhood outside the walls after it was built by Maghrebi Jews from the Old City. 1869: Nahalat Shiv'a becomes the third Jewish neighbourhood outside the walls, built as a cooperative effort. 1872: Beit David becomes the fourth Jewish neighbourhood outside the walls, built as an almshouse.