Diefrand Von Richthofen (L), related to Condor Legion commander-in-chief Wolfram von Richthofen and Karl Benedikt Von Moreau (R), relative of Condor Legion pilot Rudolf von Moreau, talk to aerial bombing survivor Luis Iriondo on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by Germany's Condor Legion, Spain April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Vincent West
GUERNICA, Spain (Reuters) - Elderly survivors of a savage air raid that destroyed the Spanish town of Guernica in 1937 met relatives of the attacking German soldiers on Wednesday in a gesture of peace and reconciliation.
Exactly 80 years ago, German supporters of Francisco Franco's nationalist forces struck the market town, killing as many as 1,600 people in one of the first targeted attacks on civilians in modern history.
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