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Ausstellungseröffnung "Trotzdem da!"
Exhibition opening “Nevertheless there!”
Event by: Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit
Location: Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre, Britzer Straße 5, Berlin - Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick
About event
Children from forbidden relationships between Germans and prisoners of war or forced laborers
Welcome: Dr. Christine Glauning
Greetings: Ton Maas, son of a former Dutch forced laborer and a German mother
Moderated panel discussion: Introduction to the exhibition with the curator team Andreas Ehresmann, Lucy Debus, Gwendoline Cicottini
Before the opening there will be a guided tour with co-curator Lucy Debus at 5:30 p.m.
During the Nazi era Friendly and intimate contacts between Germans and foreign prisoners of war or forced laborers are undesirable and in some cases strictly forbidden. But they are “still there”: children who emerged from such “forbidden relationships” during the Second World War or in the early post-war period. Many of them experienced racism and stigmatization, grew up unaware of their origins or never learned that they came from a forbidden fraternity. Their stories have long been taboo, have hardly been researched scientifically and have little presence in the culture of remembrance.
Who were her parents? Where did they come from and how did they fare during the Nazi era? How did the children grow up and what challenges did they face in the post-war period? How has her parents' story influenced her own life? The Sandbostel Camp Memorial has addressed these previously neglected questions and identified more than 20 children from “forbidden relationships”. The exhibition is dedicated to the life stories of these children. Your personal memories, documents and photos formed the basis for this.
We ask you to register at [email protected]
Welcome: Dr. Christine Glauning
Greetings: Ton Maas, son of a former Dutch forced laborer and a German mother
Moderated panel discussion: Introduction to the exhibition with the curator team Andreas Ehresmann, Lucy Debus, Gwendoline Cicottini
Before the opening there will be a guided tour with co-curator Lucy Debus at 5:30 p.m.
During the Nazi era Friendly and intimate contacts between Germans and foreign prisoners of war or forced laborers are undesirable and in some cases strictly forbidden. But they are “still there”: children who emerged from such “forbidden relationships” during the Second World War or in the early post-war period. Many of them experienced racism and stigmatization, grew up unaware of their origins or never learned that they came from a forbidden fraternity. Their stories have long been taboo, have hardly been researched scientifically and have little presence in the culture of remembrance.
Who were her parents? Where did they come from and how did they fare during the Nazi era? How did the children grow up and what challenges did they face in the post-war period? How has her parents' story influenced her own life? The Sandbostel Camp Memorial has addressed these previously neglected questions and identified more than 20 children from “forbidden relationships”. The exhibition is dedicated to the life stories of these children. Your personal memories, documents and photos formed the basis for this.
We ask you to register at [email protected]