Viure, conviure i sobreviure. Brigades internacionals i multilingüisme

This exhibition is the result of research by historians Ramon Naya Ortega and Lourdes Prades Artigas, of the University of Barcelona, into language learning and the fight against…

The exhibition grows out of research by historians Ramon Naya Ortega and Lourdes Prades Artigas, of the University of Barcelona. The display shows how that heterogeneous community managed its diversity of languages and cultures in order to live together and organise itself in a wartime context, launching initiatives against illiteracy and overcoming language barriers thanks to a shared ideological commitment.

To explore the educational, cultural and human dimensions of this group more fully, the galleries bring together material drawn from archival holdings, memoirs and periodicals of the period, most of it produced by the brigade members themselves, both at the front and in the rear. The exhibition is held at the Castell de Montjuïc, specifically in the former barracks (casernes) of the complex, offering visitors a documentary approach to the primary sources of this historical phenomenon.