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Author Seeks Testimonials about Mendive's Underground Railroad
Our friends at the BEO shared the following with us:
“Meg Ostrum spent more than ten years researching the incredible story of how the Mendive sawmill (Basse-Navarre) operated as a covert intelligence and evacuation service from 1942 to 1944. This WWII Basque-Belgian Resistance operation is detailed in her book The Surgeon and the Shepherd: Two Resistance Heroes in Vichy France (published by the University of Nebraska Press, 2004). A French translation was published by Editions Aubéron in 2011 (2nd edition in 2020), and a Spanish edition was recently released in 2023 by Katakrak (Pamplona). She continues to pursue her research by studying previously inaccessible archival documents and trying to learn more about the young men who avoided being sent to a German war factory through brief employment by the Compagnie d'Iraty in Mendive (in 1943 or 1944) before fleeing to Spain. Meg is appealing to people who might be able to provide new sources of personal testimonials (either oral or written) about Mendive’s underground railroad.”
If you can help, please email info@basqueeducational.org.
Colorado Euskal Etxea Picnic and Fall NABO Meeting
The Colorado Euskal Etxea will host its annual Summer Picnic this Saturday, September 21st, in conjunction with NABO’s Fall Meeting. The festivities will begin following the NABO meeting at 1:30PM at Plaza Urrutia in the Canyon View Park, and will run until 9:30pm. The afternoon will include Pilota, presentation of NABO’s Al Erquiaga Bizi Emankorra Award to Mayi Petracek, dedication of the plaza, live music and dancing and a lamb dinner. On Sunday, the club will host its NABO qualifying Mus Tournament beginning at 8:00am. RSVPs with payment are required for both the picnic and the Mus Tournament. For complete information, including Mus sign-ups and payment information, click here.
Reno Zazpiak Bat Fall Picnic
Please join Reno’s Zazpiak Bat Basque Club this Sunday, September 22nd for its annual Fall Picnic from 11:30am-4:00pm. This year’s picnic will be at Bartley Ranch at the Last Chance Pavilion and the afternoon will include lunch including chorizo sandwiches, tortilla de patata, salad, cheese and wine, kids games and Mus. There will also be a Tortilla de Patata contest. For more information including price of the meal or to RSVP, click here.
9/19/2024
