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The 1945 bubonic plague in Malta: when medical hopes banked on lethal DDT
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The last epidemic before COVID -19 - The 1945 bubonic plague in Malta
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The study of the history of photography in Malta has, in the past few years, made gigantic strides. We now know a lot about the pioneers, the glam camera artists, the dominant studios, their product. But we have bypassed those more lowly in the pecking order – the itinerant photographer who daily set up his bulky camera in well-frequented public spaces, waiting for passing trade. They didn’t advertise, they did not sign or stamp their handiwork. It was cash and carry business. I believe the first to find them worthy of some mention was Kevin Casha in his milestone Photography in Malta.
Malta’s national anthem Lil din l-art ħelwa has today become part of the routine fixtures of Maltese nationhood, enshrined in the Constitution, accepted effortlessly by all shades of political opinion. The inspirational story of Dr George Borg Olivier’s dogged relentlessness to have the Innu Malti recognised and dignified, against equally obstinate colonialist resistance, was wholly unknown, until recently revealed by Prof. Joseph M. Pirotta in his 2016 book Nation, Pride and Dignity. Borg Olivier and the National Anthem, Malta.
Lord Grenfell, Governor of Malta, who banned the playing of the new national anthem.
But, as it happens, Lil din l-art ħelwa, words by the poet Dun Karm Psaila, music by Robert Samut, first sung in 1922, is only our second national anthem. The story of the first, almost totally overlooked and forgotten, was recently unearthed by Dr Albert Ganado in his article ‘When the Maltese national anthem was barred by closing the Royal Theatre’ (The Sunday T
This is part two of an article about two unpublished letters written by Nerik Mizzi while in Africa during the 1940s to the Governor of Malta. Read the first part here.
Just before leaving Grand Harbour, a British army captain, described by Albert Gauci as “
nofs karawetta b’ħafna stillel” (half a peanut with plenty of stars, meaning pips) and a navy officer, addressed the deportees in the hold.
He opened by stating that “though not in sympathy with us he had decided to treat us with fairness”. He invited them to wear a lifebelt but warned them that in case of ‘abandon ship’ no lifeboats would be available for the deportees but only rafts. The naval officer then threw in a chilling threat: “Anyone attempting to rush to the lifeboats would be shot.”
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