Bloody Sunday (1972)

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Bloody Sunday (1972)

• Presentation by
• Cynthia Anthea Küchler-Völkel

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Bloody Sunday (1972)

• On the 30th January 1972 in the Northern Irish
  city of Derry 14 people were shot during a civil
  right demonstrations

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Facts

• Soldiers attacked unarmed people
• Fact is that after the order, cease fire,
  another 100 shots come from the soldiers
• 14 people died

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Outcome

• Attacks followed as a revenge act
• a furious crowd stormed the British embassy and
  burnt it down
• Only 35 years later the Republican Party Sinn
  Féin accepted the newly founded Northern Irish
  police force

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The victims

• Jackie Duddy (17)
• Patrick Doherty (31)
• Bernard McGuigan (41)
• Hugh Gilmour (17)
• Kevin McElhinney (17)
• Michael Kelly (17)
• John Young (17)
• William Nash (19)
• Michael McDaid (20)
• James Wray (22)
• Gerald Donaghy (17)
• Gerald McKinney (35)
• William McKinney (26)
• John Johnston (59)

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Jackie Duddy (17)

• Shot in the chest in the car park of Rossville
  flats. Three people saw a soldier take
  deliberate aim at the youth as he ran.

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Bernard McGuigan (41)

• Shot in the back of the head when he went to help
  Patrick Doherty. He had been waving a white
  handkerchief at the soldiers to indicate his
  peaceful intentions.

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Kevin McElhinney (17)

• Shot from behind while attempting to crawl to
  safety at the front entrance to Rossville Flats.
  Two witnesses stated he was unarmed.

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John Young (17)

• Shot in the head while standing at the rubble
  barricade. Two witnesses stated Young was
  unarmed.

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James Wray (22)

• Wounded then shot again at close range while
  lying on the ground. Witnesses who were not
  called to the Widgery Tribunal stated that Wray
  was calling out to say that he could not move his
  legs before he was shot the second time.

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Gerald McKinney (35)

• Shot just after Gerald Donaghy. Witnesses stated
  that McKinney had been running behind Donaghy,
  and he stopped and held up his arms, shouting
  "Don't shoot! Don't shoot!", when he saw Donaghy
  fall. He was then shot in the chest.

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Bloody Sunday in art

• A lot of songs have been written about this
  terrible happening
• Cruachan, "Bloody Sunday
• John Lennon and Yoko Ono "Sunday Bloody Sunday
• U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday
• Paul McCartney Give Ireland back to the Irish

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Never forget the victims!
Thank you for your attention!