Cartoons to remember

The exhibition “Cartoons to remember“ is the result of in-depth research done by historians Txema Uriarte and Aline Soberón into the cartoons that appeared in the Bilbao press during the 11 months of the war in the Basque Country.

During the 1936 war, the press became a staple product. If you wanted to know where the rationing was being distributed, which air-raid shelter was being used or to receive news about your son, boyfriend or husband, you had to buy a newspaper. And the Bilbao newspapers of this period were full of cartoons.

Along the route of this exhibition at the Gernika Peace Museum, you can see the cartoons divided into three main themes: daily life, the bombings and the international situation.