1. JOSE ANTONIO AGIRRE LEKUBE
Biography
- Born in Bilbao in 1904
- Member of the EAJ-PNV party.
- Mayor of Getxo, near Bilbao.
- First President of the Basque Autonomous Government of Euzkadi.

2. The Autonomous Republic of Euzkadi

3. Spanish Civil War
The Basque regions of Navarre and Araba quickly fell into the rebels’ control
The autonomous Republic of Euzkadi was established

4. Agirre formed an army and a government The Basque Army managed to mobilize 100,000 soldiers.

5. The Autonomous Republic of Euzkadi during the Civil War

6. Defeat and exile of President Agirre

7. Exile during World War II
José Antonio Agirre fled to France after the war
He and his family escaped the long arms of the Nazis.

8. Agirre led the Euzkadi Delegation in Buenos Aires.
 he went to Uruguay
 he set up a big Basque exiles network
 he went to France
Agirre died in Paris on 22 March 1960 of a heart attack, aged 56.

9. Basque contribution to resistance against Nazism and Fascism in Europe

10. WHY SHOULD HE BE A EUROPEAN HERO
WHY SHOULD HE BE A EUROPEAN HERO? He formed a government and an army He set up a big Basque exiles network to work for the Allies against nazis and fascists.

11. JOSE ANTONIO AGIRRE THE EUROPEAN HERO!!!

12. MADE BY: LOREA ETXEBERRIA MAIALEN ALDALUR MAIALEN AGIRRE IRIS PETERS ANNE ADRIAENS DANIQUE RAUTERT