‘Living, coexisting and surviving: International Brigades and multiligualism’

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Historical memory. The exhibition highlights how such a diverse multilingual community was able to live, coexist, and survive during such a brief yet intense period.

The exhibition Living, coexisting and surviving: International Brigades and multiligualism is the result of research conducted by the historians Ramon Naya Ortega and Lourdes Prades Artigas, from the University of Barcelona, on language learning and the fight against illiteracy among the international volunteers who took part in the Spanish Civil War. This is an innovative study, both in terms of its subject matter and the historiographical interpretation offered by its curators.

Despite their different languages and cultures, the volunteers shared a common goal: a commitment to fighting for an ideal. This sense of unity enabled them to overcome linguistic barriers. As they themselves would say: “We speak different languages, but share a single tongue”.

The exhibition has been developed using archival sources, memoirs, and contemporary press materials, most of them produced by brigade members themselves, both at the front and behind the lines. These materials constitute a valuable primary source for the study of multilingualism and offer insights into the educational, cultural, and human dimensions of the International Brigades.

Schedule

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Occur on:
Castell de Montjuïc.

Castell de Montjuïc

Address:
Carretera de Montjuïc, 66
:
Sants-Montjuïc
Neighborhood:
el Poble-sec
City:
Barcelona
Where
Castell de Montjuïc
When
From 05/06/2026 to 30/03/2027

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