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Materielle Zeugnisse der Zwangsarbeit
Material evidence of forced labor
Event by: Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit
Location: Britzer Str. 5, Britzer Straße 5, Berlin - Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick
About event
At the end of the exhibitions “Glass” and “Forgotten Liberation”, experts will discuss how to deal with the material legacy of Nazi forced labor.
Berlin is full of traces of forced labor: from preserved accommodation barracks to old factory sites to archaeological remains in the ground. Many of these places are still unknown and the relics of forced labor are often invisible. A new cooperation project between the Documentation Center and the State Monuments Office is systematically recording the barracks camps that were built during the Second World War.
The finissage brings together research, monument protection and the artistic perspective: What do the material evidence tell us about the past? And how can we deal with them in the present?
Welcome:
Dr. Christine Glauning
Head of the Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Center
Podium:
Sonya Schönberger
Artist, installation “Glas” (2025)
Dr. Christoph Rauhut
State Conservator, Director of the State Monuments Office
Dr. Gonzalo Compañy
Archaeologist, Documentation Center for Nazi Forced Labor
Moderation:
Dr. Roland Borchers
Documentation Center for Nazi Forced Labor
A curator's tour of the exhibition "Forgotten Liberation. Forced Laborers in Berlin 1945" will take place at 6 p.m.
Berlin is full of traces of forced labor: from preserved accommodation barracks to old factory sites to archaeological remains in the ground. Many of these places are still unknown and the relics of forced labor are often invisible. A new cooperation project between the Documentation Center and the State Monuments Office is systematically recording the barracks camps that were built during the Second World War.
The finissage brings together research, monument protection and the artistic perspective: What do the material evidence tell us about the past? And how can we deal with them in the present?
Welcome:
Dr. Christine Glauning
Head of the Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Center
Podium:
Sonya Schönberger
Artist, installation “Glas” (2025)
Dr. Christoph Rauhut
State Conservator, Director of the State Monuments Office
Dr. Gonzalo Compañy
Archaeologist, Documentation Center for Nazi Forced Labor
Moderation:
Dr. Roland Borchers
Documentation Center for Nazi Forced Labor
A curator's tour of the exhibition "Forgotten Liberation. Forced Laborers in Berlin 1945" will take place at 6 p.m.