In 1937, the Basque city of Gernika came under severe bombing by the Nazi Luftwaffe and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria.
Picasso was so affected he painted the piece Guernica:
Today (December 8, 2023), Gernika created their own haunting demonstration in solidarity with Palestine:
(If you unmute, beware, there is the very loud sound of an actual air raid siren.)
It's a human mosaic and includes the mother with dead child from Guernica.














