Keeping the Memory Alive. Slave and forced labourers of the Third Reich from Poland 1939–1945
14|09–29|10|2017
The exhibition „Keeping Memories Alive: Slave and Forced Labourers from Poland during the Third Reich 1939–1945“ will open at the Munich Documentation Centre on 14 September. The exhibition is the result of a cooperation between the Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation and the Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre in Berlin-Schöneweide. The story of the inhumane system of forced labour will be told through individual fates. Reconstructed using a combination of photographs, documents and personal accounts, these biographies testify to the exploitation and suffering endured by the almost three million Polish slave and forced labourers under the Nazi regime.
A separate section of the exhibition was devoted to the history of the preserved forced labour camp in the Munich suburb of Neuaubing. A branch of the NS-Dokumentationszentrum München will be established at this historic location over the next years.
The accompanying programme of film screenings, conversations with contemporary witnesses and discussions was realised in cooperation with the Consulate-General of the Republic of Poland in Munich and the Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation.
Programme overview:
Wed 20|09|2017 Discussion with a contemporary witness: Bogdan Bartnikowski – Memories of Life behind Barbed-Wire
Thu 28|09|2017 Film screening and discussion: Everyday Life of Forced Labourers in Munich and Bavaria
Sun 15|10|2017 Guided tour: The Former Forced Labour Camp at Neuaubing Forced Labour Camp Neuaubing Memorial Site
Thu 19|10|2017 Film screening and discussion: Pryvít Kiev! Searching for Traces of Nazi Forced Labour
Wed 25|10|2017 Film screening and discussion: In the Sands of Brandenburg – Nella sabbia del Brandeburgo
Thu 26|10|2017 Discussion with a contemporary witness: Stanisław Zalewski – The Days of Our Youth
Each Tuesday, 17.30 p.m.: Free guided tours through the special exhibition
> Download programme leaflet (in German) | PDF | 2,1 MB
> Download excerpt from programme booklet 04/2017 (in German) | PDF | 2,8 MB