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La Evacuación contribuyó a definirnos como pueblo
El Viceministro Principal, Joseph García, lidera la organización del Gobierno de los eventos conmemorativos del 75º aniversario de la evacuación de la población civil Gibraltareña durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Como historiador ha investigado y publicado extensamente sobre este tema.
Artículo de Joseph García publicado en Gibraltar Chronicle el jueves, 21 de mayo de 2015
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No cabe duda de que la evacuación del pueblo gibraltareño fue un momento decisivo en nuestro desarrollo como pueblo. Impuso, en el difícil contexto de la guerra, una serie de factores que se aliaron para reforzar nuestra identidad y nuestro sentimiento patriótico. Pero también es importante recalcar que este sentimiento identitario distintivo germinó cuando la población civil se estableció en esta tierra después de que Gibraltar fuera tomada por tropas angloholandesas en 1704.
Por lo tanto, cuando estalló la guerra en 1939, ya existía un importante arraigo en el Peñón entre las personas que lo habitaban y cuyos orígenes se remontaban a 230 años atrás. En pocas palabras: Gibraltar era su hogar. Cuando las autoridades militares decidieron trasladar a más de 16.000 personas que se consideraban un obstáculo al funcionamiento de la fortaleza durante la guerra, poco podían imaginar la concatenación de acontecimientos que acababan de desencadenar involuntariamente. Las experiencias que vivieron los evacuados, la preocupación de los hombres que dejaron atrás en el Peñón y las reivindicaciones para que aquellos que habían sido trasladados volvieran al Peñón tan pronto como acabara la guerra en Europa terminaron por conformar una combinación explosiva. El estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la posterior evacuación de gibraltareños sirvieron de catalizador a las reivindicaciones para una reforma más profunda a nivel político y constitucional que llegarían poco después.
En Gibraltar, la posibilidad de una evacuación masiva de civiles había estado sobre la mesa tan pronto como estalló la guerra. Se acentuó cuando la Italia de Mussolini se alió con Alemania, abriendo un nuevo frente en el Mediterráneo. El miedo a que España se uniera a dicho Eje y atacara Gibraltar reavivó los planes de evacuación de la población civil. Cuando, a mediados de mayo de 1940, se anunció a una población desprevenida que los que pudieran permitírselo hicieran las gestiones necesarias para abandonar Gibraltar, la suerte estaba echada.
El golpe se vio intensificado con los posteriores anuncios de que se llevaría a cabo un plan de evacuación del Gobierno al Protectorado francés de Marruecos y que mujeres, niños y otros no combatientes debían marcharse. El primer contingente partió el 22 de mayo, tan sólo unos días más tarde.
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Esta fecha marcó el inicio de una saga que duraría más de una década hasta que los últimos evacuados volvieron a casa. Su repercusión en el estrecho entramado de la comunidad gibraltareña fue devastador. Se originaron multitud de problemas: el primero, fue de índole personal, centrado en la separación de las familias durante la guerra, con el desconsuelo y los sentimientos que conllevó. El segundo, que se sucedió posteriormente, fue una demostración clara de que el pueblo gibraltareño tenía muy poco control sobre sus propios asuntos cuando, de un momento a otro, podían meterlos en un barco en cuanto lo decretara un Gobernador. Ambos factores se mezclaron durante el tormento causado por la propia evacuación y la presión que la repatriación provocaría algunos años después.
La evacuación inicial, cuyo 75º aniversario celebramos hoy, fue al Protectorado francés de Marruecos. Más de 13.000 personas cruzaron el Estrecho de Gibraltar y fueron acogidos en campos y otro tipo de alojamientos repartidos en nueve ciudades. La [posterior] caída de Francia1 y el hundimiento de la flota francesa2 por las fuerzas británicas, colocó a los evacuados en un territorio hostil prácticamente de la noche a la mañana. Gracias a la presión ejercida por los hombres que quedaron atrás en el Peñón, se permitió el regreso de los evacuados y el 13 de julio se completó el traslado a Gibraltar. Para el entonces Gobernador, no eran más que “bocas inútiles” que impondrían necesidades logísticas adicionales a la fortaleza, a la vez que retrasarían el trabajo de preparación de la defensa del Peñón.
El recuerdo de la primera evacuación era profundamente desagradable para los evacuados y los que permanecieron en el Peñón. La rabia y el resentimiento que se acumuló en consecuencia se vieron amortiguados únicamente por el sentimiento patriótico y el deber de cara a los esfuerzos bélicos. Pero lo peor estaba todavía por llegar.
El 19 de julio de 1940 dio inicio la evacuación de 2.000 gibraltareños a Madeira. Cuando en la actualidad hablo de la situación con aquellos que fueron trasladados a este territorio, resulta obvio que se consideran afortunados. También tuvieron sus problemas, pero no tenían nada que ver con lidiar con los bombardeos en Londres, [la situación] en los campos de Irlanda del Norte y el largo trayecto para cruzar el Atlántico hasta Jamaica. A finales de 1940 se contabilizaban 11.000 evacuados en Londres, 2.000 en Jamaica y un número ligeramente inferior en Madeira.
El grueso de los evacuados fue trasladado a Londres al mismo tiempo que se libraba la Batalla de Inglaterra, lo que alimentó las demandas gibraltareñas para que los evacuados fueran trasladados a un lugar más seguro del Reino Unido. Del mismo modo, los riesgos que los submarinos alemanes entrañaban para los buques con destino al [otro lado del] Atlántico dieron pie a las demandas para el cese de los traslados a Jamaica.
Era evidente que en esta etapa tan incipiente, la evacuación había enseñado al pueblo gibraltareño a organizarse. Esto constituyó un avance de gran calado que se debía a la necesidad y a las circunstancias en vez de a una libre elección. Este hecho se reflejó en la crítica inflexible de la situación en la que se encontraron los evacuados en diferentes
1 22 de junio de 1940 2 El 3 de julio 1940 en Mers-el-Kebir, Argelia, los británicos atacaron la flota francesa para impedir que cayera en manos alemanas
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momentos de aquellos años turbulentos y también en la actitud de los civiles que quedaron atrás para defender sus hogares.
El 1 de enero de 1941, el Ayuntamiento de Gibraltar quedó suspendido y el Gobernador asumió las competencias y deberes del mismo. El Consejo Ejecutivo (Executive Council) fue también suspendido. El mismo Gobierno colonial que determinó unilateralmente que el pueblo gibraltareño abandonara sus hogares de forma forzosa acabó con los pocos logros políticos obtenidos en el periodo de entreguerras.
Como consecuencia, se suprimió el único espacio que permitía la expresión de las visiones políticas locales. Muchos de los individuos más adinerados que monopolizaban la vida política de Gibraltar se habían marchado. El descontento engendrado por la evacuación fue aprovechado por la Asociación gibraltareña de Defensa de los Derechos Civiles (Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights, AACR), formada a finales de 1942.
Los impulsores del movimiento, Joshua Hassan y Albert Risso, entre otros, estaban motivados tanto por la preocupación que ellos mismos albergaban por sus compatriotas ausentes como por la problemática social en general. De hecho, las normas del movimiento excluyeron inicialmente los temas de índole política y religiosa. No obstante, dicha cláusula de no intervención política se revocó en apenas cinco meses.
Existe, por lo tanto, un hilo conductor iniciado con el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que recorre el periodo de evacuación y lleva a la formación de la AACR. Personalmente, veo claro que todos ellos están estrechamente relacionados y que uno de los efectos más importantes de la evacuación fue la organización de los gibraltareños en torno a la AACR. En una fortaleza en guerra, se trató de un acontecimiento revolucionario.
La AACR fue el primer partido político de la historia de Gibraltar. Albert Risso se convirtió en el primer presidente en diciembre de 1942 y Joshua Hassan fue su vicepresidente, tomando el relevo cuando Risso asumió la dirección de la central sindical Gibraltar Confederation of Labour3. Los problemas sociales que debió afrontar la Asociación fueron consecuencia de la guerra y de la separación de las familias. La evacuación supuso un estímulo para los hombres que quedaron atrás para luchar por el bienestar de sus allegados y su retorno a Gibraltar. Asimismo, trasladó a la Asociación a la arena política con la reivindicación de un autogobierno más fuerte una vez que terminara la guerra en Europa.
Los evacuados en Londres, Madeira y Jamaica también se organizaron. Formaron comités para mejorar sus condiciones de vida. Por ejemplo, en Londres, se producían discusiones constantes entre estos comités y la dirección de los albergues donde se alojaban los gibraltareños, como las polémicas por el deseo de los evacuados de cocinar platos mediterráneos en sus habitaciones y los continuos esfuerzos de la dirección para impedírselo.
Las peticiones y las quejas eran también corrientes en [el campo de evacuados] Camp Gibraltar, en Jamaica. En un momento dado, los evacuados demandaron la destitución del Comandante de Camp Gibraltar, cuya estricta disciplina era considerada la causa del malestar.
3 Establecida en 1947 bajo los auspicios de la AACR
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Cuando llegaron a Gibraltar las noticias de dichas quejas, alimentaron el descontento de los que habían quedado atrás.
Se registró, asimismo, un intenso intercambio epistolar entre los miles de evacuados y los hombres que habían quedado en el Peñón. Fue un terreno fértil para la AACR, que recogió toda esa insatisfacción y la canalizó de forma efectiva. La rendición de Italia en septiembre de 1943 aumentó la presión sobre el Gobierno colonial para que repatriara a los evacuados y, en abril de 1944, el primer grupo de 1.367 personas llegó a Gibraltar directamente desde el Reino Unido. El segundo grupo de más de 3.000 llegó en agosto.
En mayo, el primer grupo de repatriados partió de Madeira. Cuando los misiles4 empezaron a surcar los cielos londinenses, algunos de los centros de evacuados se vieron afectados y se contabilizaron seis víctimas mortales. Desde el Peñón, se pidió el traslado de los gibraltareños y, como resultado, a finales de julio de 1944, 6.800 evacuados fueron trasladados de Londres a Irlanda del Norte, donde se alojaron en tiendas de campaña en 17 campos en los condados de Down, Antrim y Londonderry.
Tanto en casa como en el extranjero, los gibraltareños aprendieron rápidamente que las reivindicaciones organizadas daban sus frutos. Todos entendieron que ante las negativas de Londres, se trataba de seguir llamando a esa puerta cerrada sin descanso hasta obtener una respuesta positiva.
La evacuación también sirvió para cimentar la identidad de los gibraltareños de una forma diferente. Las 13.000 personas que fueron desarraigadas y trasladadas a Londres, tomaron conciencia de que, a pesar de ser británicos, sus opiniones y su cultura, definitivamente, no eran inglesas. Para muchos fue un shock en un primer momento y se conservan testimonios de gibraltareños que escribían a sus familiares en el Peñón relatando precisamente estas impresiones. Se trataba de la comida, las tradiciones, el estilo de vida y la cultura, incluso el clima. No cabe duda de que la lejanía con Gibraltar contribuyó a poner de relieve el tema de la identidad gibraltareña.
Sin embargo, la trascendencia de la Evacuación no se limita a un pequeño pueblo colonial que compartió una experiencia traumática. Los documentos históricos muestran que de no haber sido por la AACR, las campañas organizadas, los comités, la correspondencia epistolar, las protestas y las reivindicaciones, Gibraltar no sería la que conocemos hoy en día. Algunos en Londres mantuvieron que debía aprovecharse la evacuación de civiles para mantenerlos alejados de Gibraltar permanentemente. Debemos mucho a la generación de la Evacuación, cuyo combate incansable consiguió que esto no ocurriera.
Las luchas que acompañaron la Evacuación reforzaron el sentimiento patriótico y el surgimiento de un interés común del pueblo gibraltareño. Es lo que ocurrió a lo largo y ancho de todo el Imperio [Británico] de diversas formas. En Gibraltar, en suma, toda la experiencia de la Evacuación está cargada de trascendencia política. Los gibraltareños llegaron a la mayoría de edad.
4 http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieseler_Fi_103
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The discontent engendered evacuation served as a spur to Gibraltarians quickly learned with political signifi cance. who would have to stay behind. about 4am., when it was not get at them when they were Uncovered 19:30 Barclays Premier League World 17:30 Live Cycling: Giro Extra 17:45 Triathlon it. Even so, some rushing around may prove this could still be a fruitful time to do research and a challenge. It may also help to say no to someone mass evacuation of civilians had evacuees were allowed to return the dangers posed to Atlantic by the evacuation was that organised action produced The Gibraltarians had come of Over 900 evacuees belonging markedly ‘heavy’, the place most needed. 20:00 Super League Gold 20:30 Live First Utility 18:15 Athletics 19:45 French Open Tennis 20:00 unavoidable. A developing Gemini focus suggests a discover what’s possible. Despite this, someone who keeps invading your space. 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For to demands that the crossing of for the Advancement of Civil loved ones and for their return Council Scheme, consisting by vomited matter and Offi cer had had to attend 02:45 ATP Tour Uncovered 03:15 First Utility Super 00:15 Cycling: Giro d’Italia 01:15 French Open League 04:15 Super League Gold Tennis 01:30 Close Thursday’s Birthday Luck: Happy Birthday! Being aware of your place in the world is essential. In your case life is more fulfi lled and comfortable if you have a after Mussolini allied Italy the then Governor they were Gibraltarians to Jamaica should Rights (AACR) which was to Gibraltar. It also moved the of women and children under evacuations of children. The to between 200 and 300 partner. Sometimes you may wish to deny this. Get this area of your life right and all else works. with Germany and opened no more than “useless mouths” cease. formed at the end of 1942. Association fi rmly into the fourteen years of age, and a sanitary arrangements had cases, some requiring the a new theatre of war in the who would place extra logistic It was evident already, at The men behind the movement, political arena with demands few elderly and infi rm persons been good and close at hand, administration of medicines. Mediterranean. It was the fear demands on the garrison whilst this very early stage, that Joshua Hassan, Albert Risso for increased self-government left Gibraltar on Wednesday but by early morning most Such, then, was ‘the great VAX Steam Cleaner that Spain would join the Axis seriously retarding the work of the evacuation had taught and others were moved both once the War in Europe was evening for Casablanca by the children had been too sick to adventure’ described by the VAX and attack Gibraltar that revived preparing the Rock’s defences. the people of Gibraltar how by their concerns for their over. ss Mohamed Ali Kebir, which ask for, or go to the lavatories Gibraltar Chronicle! There the plans to evacuate the civilian The trauma of this fi rst to organise themselves. This absent compatriots and by The evacuees in London, had been chartered by His provided. were to be many more over Carlos Galaxy population. evacuation was a profoundly was a hugely signifi cant social issues in general. Madeira and Jamaica also Majesty’s Government for that The evacuees, continued the the ensuing weeks. Nor was When the unsuspecting unpleasant experience for the development and something In fact, the movement’s became organised. They formed purpose. The Mohamed Ali report, had come on board the ordeal over once the ship Bagless Gibraltarians were told in mid- evacuees and for those who that had happened through Constitution initially ruled themselves into committees in Kebir arrived at Casablanca rather tired and in low spirits. had berthed at Casablanca, for
87-89 Main Street 175 Main Street memorabilia in aid of cancer charities. May 1940 that those who could remained on the Rock. The necessity and through force of out its involvement in political order to campaign for improved early on Thursday morning. They had apparently been kept this contingent was destined
afford it should make their own anger and resentment that built circumstances rather than by and religious issues. This non- living conditions. For example, evacuation Pictures by courtesy of Joe Gingell’s Cheers and greeting were on the quay for about three for Rabat and this entailed a Tel: 20078841 Cleaner Tel: 20045296 arrangements to leave Gibraltar, up was tempered only by the choice. It was refl ected in the political clause was revoked in London there were all MADEIRA: Mrs O Olivero is in the picture but the rest of the exchanged between those on hours. From the start some further hour’s journey by train. the writing was on the wall. sense of patriotism and of duty uncompromising criticism of within fi ve months! sorts of wrangles between people have not been identifi ed. Can you name them? the ship and friends ashore people had refused to go down Part three tomorrow 21/05/2015 6/7 Thursday 21st May, 2015 GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE 13
And so the journey begins Today the Chronicle continues the journey the evacuees would take, fi rst suggested in a notice carried in the newspaper in May 17. By kind permission of Tommy Finlayson, we publish the next passage from his book ‘The Fortress Came First,’on the key dates. Part Two - the fi rst evacuees. LONDON: Children of Class III 1943 of St Patrick School near Warren Street Tube Station at the end of Tottenham Court Road. The tall girl at the back is Dolores Vila (later Mrs Bosano). Extracts from ‘The Fortress Came First’ by Tommy Finlayson these committees and the that when the answer from management of different hotels London was “No”, you simply where the Gibraltarians were continued knocking at the he uncertainties over, the as the steamer left the wharf. billeted. This included rows closed door again and again process of evacuating Certainly the younger element over the wish of the evacuees until the answer became “Yes”. Tcivilians from Gibraltar regarded the evacuation as to cook Mediterranean food in The evacuation also served to fi nally got under way on a great adventure and for their rooms and the continuing cement together the identity of Tuesday, 21st. May, 1940. many of them it was their fi rst efforts by hotel managers to the Gibraltarians in a different Matters were to proceed very experience of travel. Lorries stop them. way. Uprooted and transplanted rapidly over the ensuing few were provided by the City Petitions and complaints were to London, over 13,000 people weeks: sometimes too rapidly Council for the conveyance to the decks and had loitered also common at Camp Gibraltar realised that while they were for those who had to make the of the belongings of evacuees about the promenades. They in Jamaica. At one point, the British, they were certainly not reception arrangements at the from convenient points to the had been down and stated that evacuees called for the removal English in their culture or in other end! wharf in the Dockyard. they could not stand it. As of the Commander of Camp their outlook. This came as a On Tuesday, 21st. May, 1940, The evacuees appeared to have the boat left the quay there Gibraltar whose strict discipline shock to many at fi rst and there the s.s. Gibel Dersa, a vessel of carried out the instructions had been a few hysterical they blamed for the unrest. are records of evacuees writing 1,226 gross tons employed in issued by the ARP organisation fi ts and other expressions As news of these complaints back home to their families on the Gibraltar-Tangier service, to whom the detailed work was of emotionalism. (The reached Gibraltar, it fuelled the the Rock making this precise set out from Gibraltar bound delegated, and embarkation “cheers and greetings” of the discontent amongst those who point. It was about food, about for Casablanca. On board arrangements worked Chronicle report!). were left behind. traditions, about lifestyle and were Mr. Charles Gaggero, a satisfactorily. The thirteen hour journey There was also a constant about culture – even about the medical offi cer and control It should be remembered that must have been a nightmarish exchange of letters between weather! There is no doubt staff, including Police, and in the carrying out of a large experience. Six hours after thousands of evacuees and that being away from Gibraltar several hundred persons scheme of this nature, some leaving port about ninety per their menfolk on the Rock. served as a spur to bring the (328 adults and 166 children) hardship to individuals cannot cent of the evacuees had been This was fertile ground for the Gibraltarian identity to the who could be classifi ed as be avoided, particularly in view seasick and from midnight AACR who became the focus fore. independent evacuees: i.e. in of the short time available. A until about 6am. there had for this dissatisfaction and Yet the signifi cance of the a position to pay for their own few of the inconveniences of been a continuous demand who effectively channelled this evacuation was more than just passages and to arrange their the fi rst day will doubtless for medical attention. The unrest. The surrender of Italy about a small colonial people own accommodation. be averted in the light of the two midwife nurses had also in September 1943 increased sharing a traumatic experience. Those not in such a fortunate experience gained in the initial gone sick and the aid of the the pressure on the colonial The records show that were it position set out the following stages. three special constables on Government to repatriate the not for the AACR, the organised day, Wednesday 22nd. May, Three days later, the same board and their offi cer had had evacuees and in April 1944 the campaigns, the committees, the on board the Mohamed Ali periodical stated that to be enlisted. In addition to fi rst group of 1367 arrived in letter-writing, the protests and Kebir. This fi rst contingent according to those in a position their own duties, these men Gibraltar directly from the the petitions we may not even of Government evacuees to judge, the fi rst embarkation had had to carry people from United Kingdom. The second have had the Gibraltar that we comprised 950 women and went off most satisfactorily, troop-decks to the fresh air batch of over 3000 arrived in know today. There were those children and a few old men. and the greatest credit is due and others who had fainted August. in London at the time who They came under Category A to the City Council and its in the open and were chilled In May, the fi rst group of argued that they should take of the City Council Scheme: ARP organisation, and others had to be carried below. Not repatriates left Madeira. advantage of the evacuation i.e. women and children under responsible, not overlooking surprisingly, these men were When the fl ying-bombs made of the civilian population to the age of fourteen. It is the evacuees themselves for overtaxed to the point of their appearance in the skies keep the evacuees away from not diffi cult to imagine the their orderly and cheerful exhaustion. over London, a number of Gibraltar permanently. We owe anxiety suffered by these behaviour. Apart from sickness due to evacuee centres were hit and a great debt to the evacuation souls and the relatives whom The report of the Medical the ship’s movements there six casualties resulted. On generation whose relentless they had to leave behind so Offi cer on board the Mohamed had been a series of cases of the Rock there was a call for campaigning made sure that suddenly, and the effects of Ali Kebir on that fateful day collapse. The Medical Offi cer the Gibraltarians to be moved this did not happen. this were to become apparent paints a rather different attributed this to exhaustion elsewhere and, as a result, The struggles surrounding in the subsequent report of picture! He stated that of due partly to lack of food by the end of July 1944 6800 the evacuation strengthened the Medical Offi cer on board, 800 persons taken, 100 had (especially hot food) and cold. evacuees were moved from the sense of nationhood and Dr. J J Giraldi. Meanwhile, the been allotted to cabins, the Some of the evacuees, owing to London to Northern Ireland of common interests of the Gibraltar Chronicle of Friday, rest having to travel on troop worry, had not been eating well where they were housed in 17 people of Gibraltar. This 24th. May, 1940, tried to make decks. The ventilation of prior to embarkation and once hutted camps in County Down, was happening all over the light of the problems involved, these quarters had been quite on board had had very little. County Antrim and County Empire in different ways. In no doubt in an attempt to effi cient and the atmosphere In addition, some people had Londonderry. Gibraltar the whole evacuation maintain the morale of those did not become unpleasant tied their blankets with their Both at home and abroad, experience was therefore loaded yet to be evacuated and of those until the next morning at belongings so that they could Gibraltarians quickly learned with political signifi cance. who would have to stay behind. about 4am., when it was not get at them when they were that organised action produced The Gibraltarians had come of Over 900 evacuees belonging markedly ‘heavy’, the place most needed. results. Everyone understood age. to Group A of the City then being thoroughly messed During the night the Medical Council Scheme, consisting by vomited matter and Offi cer had had to attend of women and children under evacuations of children. The to between 200 and 300 fourteen years of age, and a sanitary arrangements had cases, some requiring the few elderly and infi rm persons been good and close at hand, administration of medicines. left Gibraltar on Wednesday but by early morning most Such, then, was ‘the great evening for Casablanca by the children had been too sick to adventure’ described by the ss Mohamed Ali Kebir, which ask for, or go to the lavatories Gibraltar Chronicle! There had been chartered by His provided. were to be many more over Majesty’s Government for that The evacuees, continued the the ensuing weeks. Nor was purpose. The Mohamed Ali report, had come on board the ordeal over once the ship Kebir arrived at Casablanca rather tired and in low spirits. had berthed at Casablanca, for memorabilia in aid of cancer charities. early on Thursday morning. They had apparently been kept this contingent was destined
Pictures by courtesy of Joe Gingell’s evacuation Pictures by courtesy of Joe Gingell’s Cheers and greeting were on the quay for about three for Rabat and this entailed a MADEIRA: Mrs O Olivero is in the picture but the rest of the exchanged between those on hours. From the start some further hour’s journey by train. people have not been identifi ed. Can you name them? the ship and friends ashore people had refused to go down Part three tomorrow 21/05/2015 7/7