The Documentation Centre on the Bombing of Gernika is a specialised public service, which makes available to all interested persons its documentary collection consisting of archival material, books, documents, magazines and audiovisual material on the bombing of Gernika (26/04/1937. Spanish Civil War).
Research
The Gernika Bombing Documentation Centre continues its research work in archives, newspaper libraries, film libraries and other information centres, compiling existing information worldwide on the bombing of Gernika and the Spanish Civil War.
The Southworth collection
These were acquired by Gernika-Lumo Town Hall and added to the Documentation Centre. They belonged to the famous historian and bibliophile Herbert R. Southworth, and consist of more than 3.000 books, newspapers, documentation and basic archives.
Mission and objectives
The mission of the Documentation Centre (CDBG) is to collate, preserve, investigate and exhibit all existing documentation on the bombing of Gernika and the history of Gernika-Lumo within the context of the Spanish Civil War and the repercussions on exile, as a reference for research in this area.
The main aims of the CDBG are:
- Continue with the line of research.
- To be a primary source of research for any researcher interested in the subject.
- To maintain the bibliographic collections and documents specialising in the bombing of Gernika, the Civil War and the exile.
- Organising, cataloguing, computerising and digitising documentation.
- Disseminate CDBG services (website, brochures…).
- Organise and promote special events (symposiums, courses, conferences…).
CDBG activity
El patrimonio artístico-cultural en tiempos de guerra
El patrimonio artístico y cultural es una de las grandes víctimas de las guerras. Su destrucción, más allá de lo material, representa un ataque directo a la identidad y la historia de…
El Centro de Documentación sobre el Bombardeo de Gernika permanecerá cerrado en agosto.
El Centro de Documentación sobre el Bombardeo de Gernika permanecerá cerrado del 7 al 31 de agosto…
El bombardeo de Gernika minuto a minuto en EITB
En colaboración con el Museo de la Paz de Gernika y el Centro de Documentación sobre el bombardeo, eitb.com ha recreado aquel 26 de abril de hace 75 años a través de diez personajes, –algunos de los cuales viven todavía–, imaginando cómo lo hubieran contado con los medios disponibles hoy día…
Practical information
OPENING HOURS
MONDAY-FRIDAY: 10:00 – 14:00
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY: 16:30 – 19:30
ACCES
Researchers will be attended by appointment, by telephone or by email.
Documentation Centre on the Bombing of Gernika.
Foru plaza, 1.
E 48300 Gernika-Lumo.
Bizkaia. Euskadi.
CONTACT
Head of the Documentation Centre:
Call us on Tel: +34 94 627 02 13
CDBG publications
The Gernika Peace Museum Foundation has a publication facility for historical topics, GERNIKA-LUMOKO HISTORIA BILDUMA.
The bombing of Gernika
Find out the key facts about the Bombing
