The council announced on Wednesday that it had dismantled a mausoleum in La Almudena cemetery where seven pilots of the German Condor legion are buried. The 1937 air raid on the Basque market town lasted for four hours, killing hundreds of people and wounding hundreds more. The now demolished monument to the Condor Legion in Madrid. Photograph: madrid.esThe tomb was dismantled at the request of the German embassy in Madrid, which had asked for the facade to be removed before the 80th anniversary of the massacre. The reflection of the flames could be seen in the clouds of smoke above the mountains from 10 miles away.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 13:18 UTC