‘Bloody Sunday in Pictures’, pubblicato dal Free Derry Museum, è una raccolta di immagini note e meno note della tristemente famosa ‘Domenica di Sangue’ del 30 gennaio 1972, oltre ad immagini di anni precedenti.
Accanto a scioccanti fotografie in bianco e nero, trovano spazio anche ritratti di famiglia  e di infanzia di alcune delle vittime, in un tentativo di evidenziare le sofferenze delle famiglie stesse.
Bernard McGuigan è ritratto nel suo giorno di nozze e poi morto in una pozza di sangue.
Un’immagine cattura Paddy Doherty nella sua quotidianità famigliare, e accanto trova posto l’immagine di un soccorritore che chiude gli occhi della vittima subito dopo essere stata ucciso.
La prefazione in otto lingue, racconta i fatti che hanno caratterizzato la Bloody Sunday.
“In meno di mezz’ora, in una zona non molto più grande di un campo di calcio, i soldati britannici uccisero 13 uomini disarmati e ne ferirono  altri 13 e due donne”.
“Il popolo di Derry venne lasciato in uno stato di shock in cui lentamente apprese del crescente numero di morti, mentre i mass media britannici etichettavano le vittime come uomini armati di pistole e bombe.”
“L’esercito e il governo britannico affermarono che furono centinaia i colpi sparati contro i soldati, anche se non un singolo soldato o addirittura veicolo dell’esercito, era stato colpito”.
Il giornalista Eamon McCann ha affermato nella prefazione, che la Bloody Sunday ha rappresentato qualcosa di diverso, perchè il tutto è avvenuto davanti agli occhi dei familiari e dei vicini delle vittime. “E’ successo in pieno giorno, uccidendo i suoi cittadini per il reato di protesta”, ha dichiarato.
Il libro ‘Bloody Sunday in Pictures’ è stato presentato lo scorso giovedì a Derry, presso il Derry Credit Union, che è stato finanziatore della pubblicazione.

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Photographic insight into Bloody Sunday (Irish News)
A new book of photographs about Bloody Sunday is offering a poignant insight into the human cost of the shootings of 1972.
Bloody Sunday in Pictures, published by the Museum of Free Derry, is a collection of famous and not so well-known images from the day and from years before.
As well as many shocking black and white photographs, the book contains family portraits and childhood snaps of many of the victims in an attempt to highlight the suffering of families.
Bernard McGuigan is pictured on his wedding day and later lying dead in a pool of his own blood.
Paddy Doherty is also captured on a family day out alongside an image of a Knights of Malta ambulance man closing the victim’s eyes moments after he was shot dead.
In an introduction, printed in eight languages, the museum outlines the events of Bloody Sunday.
“In less than half an hour, in an area not much larger than a football field, British soldiers had killed 13 unarmed men and wounded 13 unarmed men and two women,” the writers note.
“The people of Derry were left in a state of shock as they slowly learned of the rising death toll, while the British media labelled the dead as gunmen and bombers.
“The British army and government claimed that hundreds of shots had been fired at the soldiers even though not a single soldier or even army vehicle had been hit by this alleged fusillade of fire.”
In a foreword to the paperback book, journalist Eamonn McCann said Bloody Sunday was different because it had taken place in front of relatives and neighbours of the dead.
“This was the state in broad daylight killing its citizens for the crime of protest,” he said.
Bloody Sunday in Pictures was launched on Thursday at Derry Credit Union, which funded the publication.

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Questa immagine è diventata forse più di altre il simbolo della Bloody Sunday. Ritrae il giovane prete Edward Daly (ora vescovo) che sventolando un fazzoletto sporco di sangue tenta disperatamente, insieme ad un gruppo di uomini, di portare in salvo il diciassettenne Jackie Duddy.
Il fazzoletto riportante la sigla ‘Fr. Daly’ su un’etichetta, venne poi consegnato al padre del ragazzo, che lo conservò nelle sue mani fino al 1985, l’anno della sua morte. Da allora venne custodito da Kay Duddy, sorella di Jackie.  “Mio papà ha conservato il fazzoletto  tutti questi anni fino alla sua morte nel 1985 e da allora lo porto con me tutto il tempo – è come una coperta di conforto”. La donna decise di donare il fazzoletto al Free Derry Museum il prossimo autunno, dopo aver ricevuto il rapporto finale sulla Bloody Sunday. Ma dopo un tentativo di scippo subito, si è convinta ad accelerare i tempi per mettere in salvo questo simbolo di quella domenica di sangue di 37 anni fa.

New home for iconic Bloody Sunday handkerchief (Derry Journal)
The image of a distraught priest waving a white hankie as a young boy was carried away from the gun-fire has undoubtedly become one of the most enduring symbols of Bloody Sunday.
Thirty-seven years ago today, Jackie Duddy became the first fatality of Bloody Sunday when he was shot from behind as he fled advancing paratroopers.
As tragedy unfolded in Derry’s Bogside, a young Fr Edward Daly (now Bishop Daly) led a frantic group of men who tried desperately to carry the 17-year-old to safety. Today, thanks to photographs and television, millions of people all over the world recognise this harrowing scene. Now the bloodstained hankie Fr Daly waved so earnestly in truce has been donated to the archives of the Museum of Free Derry by the Duddy family.
Bishop Daly, who is now retired, remembers the day only too well: “Charlie Glen, Willie Barber and Liam Bradley, were carrying young Jackie up Harvey Street away from the Rossville Flats and when we got to Waterloo Street we laid him down on the pavement to wait for an ambulance. When the ambulance came, I pushed the hankie in under Jackie’s shirt to where he was bleeding, although I think he may have already died by then.”

The handkerchief later wound up in the hands of Jackie’s father, Willie Duddy, when it was returned from the hospital among his sons belongings. The delicate fabric still bears its tiny, neat label saying ‘Fr. Daly’, and its original owner recalled: “It was my mother who actually stitched my name onto the hankie because we had a shared laundry in the Cathedral. I think I was told the Duddy family still had the handkerchief at the anniversary Mass a year later, but I never actually saw it again until decades later, when Kay (Duddy) brought it to the Guildhall after I had given evidence to the Saville Inquiry. But I was so emotionally distressed that day I remember little about it.”
‘Comfort blanket’
Bishop Daly still feels very strongly about this poignant item: “It’s an emotional subject for me, but I am glad it’s here. It tells an important part of the story here at the museum alongside so many other important reminders of that day,” he added.
Kay Duddy, Jackie’s sister, and custodian of the hankie for many years, feels equally as emotional about its tragic provenance. “My daddy kept the hankie all those years until his death in 1985 and since then I carry it with me all the time – it’s like a comfort blanket to me,” she revealed.
Kay had planned to give the handkerchief to the Museum of Free Derry for safekeeping this autumn, after families have received the final report into Bloody Sunday.
However, those plans were hastened when she almost lost the hankie to a would-be mugger in Galliagh.
“I was on my way to chapel recently and outside Moss Park a young thug tried to grab my handbag and my initial thought was: ‘Oh my God, Jackie’s hankie’s in that bag.’ I had planned to give it to the museum eventually, but that frightened me and so I decided it was best to hand it over now to keep it safe,” Kay added.
Sheer luck saved this artefact from being lost forever.

Quest’anno ricorre il 37esimo anniversario della Bloody Sunday. La Bloody Sunday Commemorative March si fermerà in William Street, dove venne originariamente fermata lungo il suo percorso verso Guildhall.
Questa cambiamento nell’itinerario (usualmente il termine della marcia è presso il Free Derry Corner) sta a significare la continua ricerca di giustizia da parte dei familiari. Nel corso dell’incontro si alterneranno rappresentanti delle vittime della Bloody Sunday, esponenti del Sinn Fein e del SDLP.
Il  Bloody Sunday Weekend Committee ha reso noto il calendario degli avvenimenti che caratterizzeranno le giornate, da domani (28 gennaio) fino a domenica.

Mercoledì 28 gennaio
Ore 20: Internment and Injustice 40 years on (40 anni di internamento e ingiustizia, n.d.r.), un evento pubblico presso il Gasyard Centre, che illustrerà il contesto storico dell’internamento utilizzato come arma, così come i ‘poteri speciali’ per internare persone specifiche, come nel caso di Terry McCafferty. Interverrà Tony Catney del Republican Network for Unity.

Giovedì 29 gennaio
Ore 22: Bloody Domenica Quiz Memorial presso il The Crescent Bar (costo di £5 per ogni squadra di 5 elementi) Ingresso aperto a tutti.

Venerdì 30 gennaio
Ore 16: Un minuto di silenzio al monumento della Bloody Sunday, a Rossville Street, a testimoniare il momento della sparatoria sulla Bloody Sunday. Tutti  benvenuti.
Ore 16.30: Verrà svelato il Bloody Sunday Banner, ora esposto nel museo Free Derry a Glenfada Park. Tutti benvenuti.
Ore 19.30: Santa Messa in memoria delle vittime della Bloody Sunday presso St. Mary’s a Creggan.
Ore 20: Dealing with the Past (Trattare con il passato, n.d.r.) presso l’Alexander Suite del City Hotel. Il Consultative Group on the Past pubblicherà, indicativamente entro la fine di gennaio, un elenco di proposte su come trattare con l’eredità di decenni di conflitti. L’incontro organizzato presso il Pat Finucane Centre, offrirà un’ideale e immediata opportunità di discutere i risultati del Gruppo consultivo.
Ore 20.30: Proiezione del film “Sunday” scritto da Jimmy McGovern, presso il Telstar Bar a Creggan.

Sabato 31 gennaio
Ore 18: Bloody Sunday Fundraising Concert, canzoni di lotta e cambiamento presso il Gasyard Centre a Lecky Road. Parteciperanno Joe Mulhearn, Eileen Webster, Gary Og, Cruncher O’Neill, Rory O’Dochartaigh, Tina McLaughlin, Declan McLaughlin, Barry Kerr e tanti altri. Ingresso £3.
Ore 20: Bloody Sunday Lecture. Incontro presso il Calgach Centre a Butcher Street, che vedrà la partecipazione di Clive Stafford, direttore di Reprieve. La Bloody Sunday March venne tenuta per protestare contro l’internamento senza processo e per questo si è scelto di invitare Clive Stafford che si è battuto per 25 anni per la tutela dei diritti dei prigionieri condannati a morte negli Stati Uniti.

Domenica 1 Febbraio
Ore 11: Cerimonia di preghiera e deposizione della ghirlanda presso il monumento alla Bloody Sunday a Rossville Street. Tutti benvenuti.
Ore 14.30: Ritrovo al Creggan Shops della Bloody Sunday Commemorative March and Rally.

Bloody Sunday Weekend events (Derry Journal)
This year’s Bloody Sunday Commemorative March will stop in William Street – where the original march was stopped on its way to the Guildhall – the ‘Journal’ can reveal.
The annual commemoration march usually ends at Free Derry Corner but this year’s meeting point has been changed to William Street to signify how the families’ search for justice is being prolonged by delays in the publication of the report of the Bloody Sunday inquiry. Speakers at the meeting will include a Bloody Sunday families’ representative and members of Sinn Fein and the SDLP.
2009 marks the 37th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Bloody Sunday Weekend Committee have announced details of other events taking place this during the anniversary weekend.
Wednesday, January 28 -
8pm: Internment and Injustice 40 years on – A public event at the Gasyard Centre that will outline the historical context of internment as a state weapon and explore the use of ’special powers’ to effectively intern selected individuals, such as in the recent Terry McCafferty case. Speakers to include Tony Catney, Belfast (Republican Network for Unity)
Contact Danny McBrearty on dannymcbrearty@hotmail.com or 07515953790
Thursday, January 29 -
10pm: Bloody Sunday Memorial Quiz at The Crescent Bar. Price £5 per team of 5, all welcome.
Friday, January 30 -
4pm: A minute’s silence at the Bloody Sunday Monument, Rossville Street, to mark the time of the shooting on Bloody Sunday. All welcome.
4.30pm: Unveiling of the Bloody Sunday Banner, now on display in the newly refurbished Museum of Free Derry, Glenfada Park. All welcome.
7.30pm: Bloody Sunday Memorial Mass at St. Mary’s, Creggan. All welcome.
8pm: Dealing with the Past: Did Bradley/Eames get it right? at the Alexander Suite, City Hotel
Towards the end of January the Consultative Group on the Past (the ‘Bradley/Eames group’) will publish their proposals on how to deal with the legacy of decades of violent conflict. As months of speculation come to an end the Bloody Sunday Weekend offers an ideal and immediate opportunity to discuss the findings of the Consultative Group. Organised by the Pat Finucane Centre.
8.30pm: Screening of film ‘Sunday’ – Jimmy McGovern’s acclaimed drama documentary on Bloody Sunday, at the Telstar Bar, Creggan.
Saturday, January 31 -
6pm: Bloody Sunday Fundraising Concert: Songs of Struggle & Change at The Gasyard Centre, Lecky Road, featuring Joe Mulhearn; Eileen Webster; Gary Og; Cruncher O’Neill; Rory O’Dochartaigh; Tina McLaughlin; Declan McLaughlin; Barry Kerr and more. Admission £3.
8pm: Bloody Sunday Lecture – Clive Stafford Smith, Director of Reprieve/ Guantanamo lawyer – at the Calgach Centre, Butcher Street. The original Bloody Sunday march was held to protest the policy of internment without trial. It is fitting that this year’s lecture should host the leading human rights defender acting on behalf of those held without trial in the modern day equivalent of Long Kesh-Guantanamo Bay.
Clive Stafford Smith is the founder of Reprieve and has spent 25 years working on behalf of defendants facing the death penalty in the USA.
Sunday, February 1 -
11am: Wreath laying ceremony and prayer service at the Bloody Sunday Monument, Rossville Street. All welcome.
2.30pm: Bloody Sunday Commemorative March and Rally will assemble at the Creggan shops.