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Für eine Liebe so bestraft - Filmscreening und Gespräch
For a love so punished - film screening and conversation
Event by: Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit
Location: Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre, Britzer Straße 5, Berlin - Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick
About event
During the Nazi era, thousands of women disappeared behind prison walls and into concentration camps because they fell in love with a forced laborer or prisoner of war. Her crime: “forbidden contact”. A documentary shows some of these stories.
When the enemy became a friend, even a lover, the women and men met with severe retribution. Prison sentences or even murder: Public executions of forced laborers were intended to “deter” and prevent any form of humanity.
After the war, many of the women affected were further marginalized: authorities refused to recognize them as political prisoners and thus refused any compensation; They were often shunned and silenced in their environment.
With her film, Erika Fehse has succeeded in encouraging three of these women and two of their daughters to tell their stories publicly for the first time. One of them is Katharina Sämann.
Film “So Punished for a Love”, WDR, 2000, 45 min.
Welcome: Dr. Christine Glauning
Head of the Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Center
Podium:
Erika Fehse, director
Katharina Sämann, daughter of a contemporary witness portrayed
Moderation:
Lucy Debus, historian and curator of the exhibition still there!
At 6 p.m. we offer a guided tour with curator Lucy Debus.
When the enemy became a friend, even a lover, the women and men met with severe retribution. Prison sentences or even murder: Public executions of forced laborers were intended to “deter” and prevent any form of humanity.
After the war, many of the women affected were further marginalized: authorities refused to recognize them as political prisoners and thus refused any compensation; They were often shunned and silenced in their environment.
With her film, Erika Fehse has succeeded in encouraging three of these women and two of their daughters to tell their stories publicly for the first time. One of them is Katharina Sämann.
Film “So Punished for a Love”, WDR, 2000, 45 min.
Welcome: Dr. Christine Glauning
Head of the Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Center
Podium:
Erika Fehse, director
Katharina Sämann, daughter of a contemporary witness portrayed
Moderation:
Lucy Debus, historian and curator of the exhibition still there!
At 6 p.m. we offer a guided tour with curator Lucy Debus.