Spanish Civil War /History
MR 103Interesting AUCA titled “Auca del Moro Feixista” or, Auca of the Fascist Moor. Written in Calalan and published by the Comissariat de Propaganda de la Generalitat de Catalunya it is the ficticious story of a Moor named Ben Hamet. He is taken from the Riff War and converted to Chrisitianity. He abandons his muslim belief, eats pork (5), drinks alcohol and smokes (6), abandons Allah (11) and embraces Jehova. He joins the militia (12), learns to be violent (13) and prepares for battle, where he is subsequently wounded (19). He becomes a seminarist. He whip the crowd into a frenzy (29) and tells them to go to the cemetery, where he and others are attacked. The “dirty Moroccan” sees that all is lost (36) so he intentionally feigns madness by shouting but the Reds don’t believe him because he is wearing a cross and the Reds don’t wear crosses (39), so he is sent to prison (40). Thinking he will be executed (41), he looks to escape and finds a small bomb (42). Seeing 3 militiamen playing cards at a table he plans to throw the bomb at them, but unfortunately for him, the bomb explodes in his hand (45). Everyone rushes to see what happened but all that is left of the “blessed” Moroccan is a finger (48)…..and this is how it ends, in pieces, for the criminals Ben Hamets. What is interesting is that Ben Hamet is referred to in the singular up until the last frame, where he is discussed in plural. KH
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