El miércoles 26 de abril, día en que se cumple el 80 aniversario del Bombardeo de Gernika, la Biblioteca Jon Bilbao de la Universidad de Nevada, Reno inaugurará una exposición, bajo el título "Gernika: Voices after the Bombs", con testimonios personales y gráficos del desastre, que permanecerá abierta desde hoy hasta el mes de octubre en la mencionada Biblioteca Vasca de Reno.
The Jon Bilbao Basque Library is opening the exhibit Gernika: Voices after the Bombs. Its goal is precisely to give voice to whose who suffered the bombing and its aftermath. The exhibit comprises a selection of six witnesses testimonials about the pain experienced by Gernika’s inhabitants. These testimonials have been translated into English, audio-recorded, and complemented with a mural of pictures of the ruins of Gernika.
The exhibit has been developed by Xabier Irujo, from the Center for Basque Studies, Iñaki Arrieta Baro and Shannon Sisco, both from the Basque Library. They had the support of Mikel Amuriza, Edurne Arostegui, Daniel Fergus, Jill Stockton, Kathleen Szawiola, Irati Urkitza-Ansoleaga, Kyle Weerheim, and Joseba Zulaika in translations, marketing, and multimedia development.