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„Nun, ich bin bis zu meinem 27. Geburtstag gekommen, das ist immerhin schon etwas.“ Am 5. Mai 1981 starb der irische Aktivist Robert Gerard Sands #BobbySands nach 66 Tagen #Hungerstreik als Opfer der britischen Herrschaft in einer Zelle der H-Blocks im #Maze Gefängnis ( #LongKesh). #ireland #IRA
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„Nun, ich bin bis zu meinem 27. Geburtstag gekommen, das ist immerhin schon etwas.“ Am 5. Mai 1981 starb der irische Aktivist Robert Gerard Sands #BobbySands nach 66 Tagen #Hungerstreik als Opfer der britischen Herrschaft in einer Zelle der H-Blocks im #Maze Gefängnis ( #LongKesh). #ireland #IRA
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5 MAGGIO 1981 – 2026: 45 ANNI FA MORIVA BOBBY SANDS, RIVOLUZIONARIO SOCIALISTA E REPUBBLICANO IRLANDESE https://www.radiondadurto.org/2026/05/05/5-maggio-1981-2026-45-anni-fa-moriva-bobby-sands-rivoluzionario-socialista-e-repubblicano-irlandese/ #IrishRepublicanArmy #scioperodellafame #INTERNAZIONALI #ProvisionalIra #anniversario #5maggio1981 #bobbysands #LongKesh #troubles #Belfast #Hblocks #irlanda #ira
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5 MAGGIO 1981 – 2026: 45 ANNI FA MORIVA BOBBY SANDS, RIVOLUZIONARIO SOCIALISTA E REPUBBLICANO IRLANDESE https://www.radiondadurto.org/2026/05/05/5-maggio-1981-2026-45-anni-fa-moriva-bobby-sands-rivoluzionario-socialista-e-repubblicano-irlandese/ #IrishRepublicanArmy #scioperodellafame #INTERNAZIONALI #ProvisionalIra #anniversario #5maggio1981 #bobbysands #LongKesh #troubles #Belfast #Hblocks #irlanda #ira
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5 MAGGIO 1981 – 2026: 45 ANNI FA MORIVA BOBBY SANDS, RIVOLUZIONARIO SOCIALISTA E REPUBBLICANO IRLANDESE https://www.radiondadurto.org/2026/05/05/5-maggio-1981-2026-45-anni-fa-moriva-bobby-sands-rivoluzionario-socialista-e-repubblicano-irlandese/ #IrishRepublicanArmy #scioperodellafame #INTERNAZIONALI #ProvisionalIra #anniversario #5maggio1981 #bobbysands #LongKesh #troubles #Belfast #Hblocks #irlanda #ira
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5 MAGGIO 1981 – 2026: 45 ANNI FA MORIVA BOBBY SANDS, RIVOLUZIONARIO SOCIALISTA E REPUBBLICANO IRLANDESE https://www.radiondadurto.org/2026/05/05/5-maggio-1981-2026-45-anni-fa-moriva-bobby-sands-rivoluzionario-socialista-e-repubblicano-irlandese/ #IrishRepublicanArmy #scioperodellafame #INTERNAZIONALI #ProvisionalIra #anniversario #5maggio1981 #bobbysands #LongKesh #troubles #Belfast #Hblocks #irlanda #ira
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The Journal (Ireland): University of Galway publishes digital archive of hand-made Long Kesh journals. “A NEW DIGITAL archive of prison journals created in Long Kesh internment camp during the 1970s has been made available by University of Galway. The university has published a digital archive of journals and photos from the Maze Prison from the mid-1970s. It was provided with the journals by […]
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Rugadh Roibeard Ó Seachnasaigh ar Ráth Cúil i mBaile na Mainistreach i dTuaisceart Éireann ar an 9ú lá de Mhí Márta 1954. Bhí sé ar dhuine de na Poblachtánaigh Éireannacha a fuair bás le linn na mórstailce ocrais ar an gCeis Fhada i dtús na 1980í. 1/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Rugadh Roibeard Ó Seachnasaigh ar Ráth Cúil i mBaile na Mainistreach i dTuaisceart Éireann ar an 9ú lá de Mhí Márta 1954. Bhí sé ar dhuine de na Poblachtánaigh Éireannacha a fuair bás le linn na mórstailce ocrais ar an gCeis Fhada i dtús na 1980í. 1/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Rugadh Roibeard Ó Seachnasaigh ar Ráth Cúil i mBaile na Mainistreach i dTuaisceart Éireann ar an 9ú lá de Mhí Márta 1954. Bhí sé ar dhuine de na Poblachtánaigh Éireannacha a fuair bás le linn na mórstailce ocrais ar an gCeis Fhada i dtús na 1980í. 1/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Rugadh Roibeard Ó Seachnasaigh ar Ráth Cúil i mBaile na Mainistreach i dTuaisceart Éireann ar an 9ú lá de Mhí Márta 1954. Bhí sé ar dhuine de na Poblachtánaigh Éireannacha a fuair bás le linn na mórstailce ocrais ar an gCeis Fhada i dtús na 1980í. 1/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Rugadh Roibeard Ó Seachnasaigh ar Ráth Cúil i mBaile na Mainistreach i dTuaisceart Éireann ar an 9ú lá de Mhí Márta 1954. Bhí sé ar dhuine de na Poblachtánaigh Éireannacha a fuair bás le linn na mórstailce ocrais ar an gCeis Fhada i dtús na 1980í. 1/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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His death provoked strong anti-British, pro-Irish republican reactions around the world. The Iranian government renamed Winston Churchill Boulevard, the location of the British Embassy in Tehran, to Bobby Sands Street. This forced the embassy to move its entrance door to Ferdowsi Street to avoid using Bobby Sands Street on its letterhead. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #HungerStrike #LongKesh #HBlocks #OnThisDay
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Cuireadh tús le stailc ocrais Phoblachtach na hÉireann 1981 nuair a dhiúltaigh Bobby Sands bia ar 1 Márta 1981.
The 1981 Irish Republican hunger strike started with Bobby Sands (Roibeárd Ó Seachnasaigh) refusing food on 1st March 1981. During Sands' strike, he was elected to the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate. Sands died on 5th May 1981 in the Maze's prison hospital after 66 days on hunger strike, aged 27. 1/
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They went on strike for five demands:
1. the right not to wear the prison uniform;
2. the right not to do prison work;
3. the right of free association with other prisoners, and to organise educational and recreational pursuits;
4. the right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week;
5. full restoration of remission lost during the protest.https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/timeline-of-the-1980-hunger-strike-1.2468633
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The 1980 Republican hunger strike at Long Kesh Prison, and other prisons in Northern Ireland, which had happened on 27th October 1980 was called off on 18th December 1980. This was following the appeal by Catholic Primate of Ireland, Tomás Ó Fiaich, on 17 December 1980. The strike had lasted for 53 days.
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The Maze Prison escape took place on 25 September 1983. HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh/An Cheis Fhada) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe. In the biggest prison escape in British history, 38 IRA prisoners escaped from H-Block 7 of the prison. One prison officer died of a heart attack during the escape and twenty others were injured.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #MazePrison #LongKesh #TheTroubles #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Following Sands’ success the British Government introduced the Representation of the People Act 1981, which prevented prisoners serving jail terms of more than one year in either the UK or the Republic of Ireland from being nominated as candidates in UK elections. This law was quickly introduced so in order to prevent the other hunger strikers from being elected to the British parliament. 2/2
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On 9th April 1981 Robert Gerard "Bobby" Sands (Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was elected to Westminster in the Fermanagh/South Tyrone by-election, while on hunger strike in Long Kesh Prison, as MP for the constituency. 1/2
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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His death provoked strong anti-British, pro-Irish republican reactions around the world. The Iranian government renamed Winston Churchill Boulevard, the location of the British Embassy in Tehran, to Bobby Sands Street. This forced the embassy to move its entrance door to Ferdowsi Street to avoid using Bobby Sands Street on its letterhead. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySandys #HungerStrike #LongKesh #HBlocks #OnThisDay
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The 1981 Irish Republican hunger strike started with Bobby Sands (Roibeárd Ó Seachnasaigh) refusing food on 1st March 1981. During Sands' strike, he was elected to the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate. Sands died on 5th May 1981 in the Maze's prison hospital after 66 days on hunger strike, aged 27. 1/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySandys #HungerStrike #LongKesh #HBlocks #OnThisDay
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40. Jahrestag des Ausbruchs von 38 IRA Kämpfern aus dem Maze Prison - Long Kesh - H7
1983: Auf dem Höhepunkt des #Befreiungskampfes in Nordirland in 1970er und 1980er Jahren inhaftierte die britische Regierung hunderte Mitglieder der militärischen Organisation „Provisional Irish Republican Army“ (#IRA) im berüchtigten #Maze-#Gefängnis (Long Kesh). Das Labyrinth als Europas sicherster #Hochsicherheitsknast angepriesen, galt als ausbruchsicher, bis 38 IRA-Gefangene am 25. September 1983 den größten #Gefängnisausbruch der britischen und westeuropäischen #Geschichte, aus H-Block 7 machten. (…)
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40. Jahrestag des Ausbruchs von 38 IRA Kämpfern aus dem Maze Prison - Long Kesh - H7
1983: Auf dem Höhepunkt des #Befreiungskampfes in Nordirland in 1970er und 1980er Jahren inhaftierte die britische Regierung hunderte Mitglieder der militärischen Organisation „Provisional Irish Republican Army“ (#IRA) im berüchtigten #Maze-#Gefängnis (Long Kesh). Das Labyrinth als Europas sicherster #Hochsicherheitsknast angepriesen, galt als ausbruchsicher, bis 38 IRA-Gefangene am 25. September 1983 den größten #Gefängnisausbruch der britischen und westeuropäischen #Geschichte, aus H-Block 7 machten. (…)
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40. Jahrestag des Ausbruchs von 38 IRA Kämpfern aus dem Maze Prison - Long Kesh - H7
1983: Auf dem Höhepunkt des #Befreiungskampfes in Nordirland in 1970er und 1980er Jahren inhaftierte die britische Regierung hunderte Mitglieder der militärischen Organisation „Provisional Irish Republican Army“ (#IRA) im berüchtigten #Maze-#Gefängnis (Long Kesh). Das Labyrinth als Europas sicherster #Hochsicherheitsknast angepriesen, galt als ausbruchsicher, bis 38 IRA-Gefangene am 25. September 1983 den größten #Gefängnisausbruch der britischen und westeuropäischen #Geschichte, aus H-Block 7 machten. (…)
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k9 - combatiente zeigt geschichtsbewußt: "Der Maze-Gefängnisausbruch: 25. September 1983"
MAZE erzählt die wahre Geschichte vom größten europäischen Gefängnisausbruch seit dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs
1983: Auf dem Höhepunkt des Befreiungskampfes in Nordirland in 1970er und 1980er Jahren inhaftierte die britische Regierung hunderte Mitglieder der militärischen Organisation „Provisional Irish Republican Army“ (IRA) im berüchtigten #Maze-Gefängnis (Long Kesh). Das Labyrinth als Europas sicherster #Hochsicherheitsknast angepriesen, galt als ausbruchsicher, bis 38 #IRA-#Gefangene am 25. September 1983 den größten #Gefängnisausbruch äischen Geschichte, aus H-Block 7 machten.
Sonntag 24.September 2023 - 19 UHR
#kinzigstraße 9 + 10247 #berlin + Us samariterstraße + S frankfurter allee
Die größte #Gefängnisflucht der britischen + irischen Geschichte und die größte G-Flucht in #Europa seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.
Film über einen Ausbruch aus dem Maze Prison - Stephen Burke 2017, 92 Min.
combatiente zeigt geschichtsbewußt: revolucion muß sein! filme aus aktivem widerstand & revolutionären kämpfen
kinzigstraße 9 + 10247 berlin + U5 samariterstraße + S frankfurter allee
https://www.trueten.de/archives/12911-k9-combatiente-zeigt-geschichtsbewusst-Der-Maze-Gefaengnisausbruch-25.-September-1983.html #EIRE #PoliticalPrisoners #LongKesh #HBlock7
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
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Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay