On Displaying Violence: First Exhibitions on the Nazi Occupation in Europe, 1945-1948
Facing Nazi Crimes: European Perspectives after 1945
This European event series explores the social and historical contexts of the early exhibitions on Nazi crimes organised between 1945 and 1948. The series will unfold in the cities where these exhibitions were originally held – Paris, Warsaw, London, Liberec and Bergen-Belsen – and will conclude in Berlin. How did the exhibitions relate to the early visual, documentary, legal, political, and historical efforts to address the German occupation and its crimes? How were they received and what influence did they have on today’s culture of remembrance?
Over the course of six evenings, key aspects of the early exhibitions – their origins and their impact – will be presented and discussed with experts from local institutions.
Free of charge
Live stream with translation into German
The video recordings are available on our YouTube channel.
London – Images as Evidence
13 May 2025, 6.30 pm (5.30 pm GMT), German Historical Institute London
with Janina Struk, Paul Betts and James Bulgin
Moderation: Axel Bangert
Paris – Scénographie et Narration | Scenography and Narration
17 June 2025, 6.30 pm, Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte Paris
with Jean-Marc Dreyfus, Rachel E. Perry and Maciej Gugała
Moderation: Peter Geimer
Liberec – Pachatelé a odplata | Perpetrators and Retribution
24 June 2025, 5 pm, North Bohemian Museum in Liberec
with Kateřina Králová, Ivan Rous, Michal Stehlík and Alfons Adam
Moderation: Jaromír Mrňka
Warszawa – Pokłosie zniszczeń | Aftermath of Destruction
4 September 2025, 6 pm, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
with Zuzanna Hertzberg, Maria Kobielska, Agata Pietrasik and Zuzanna Schnepf-Kołacz
Moderation: Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska
Bergen-Belsen – Survivors and Remembrance
15 September 2025, 3 pm, Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen
with Agata Pietrasik, Katja Seybold, Dan Michman and Elke Gryglewski
Moderation: Katja Seybold
Berlin – European Memory?
8 October 2025, 6.30 pm, Deutsches Historisches Museum
with Ljiljana Radonić and Katja Makhotina
Warszawa – Pokłosie zniszczeń | Aftermath of Destruction, with Zuzanna Hertzberg, Maria Kobielska, Agata Pietrasik and Zuzanna Schnepf-Kołacz, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, 4 September 2025
Moderation: Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska
Liberec – Perpetrators and Retribution, with Kateřina Králová, Ivan Rous, Michal Stehlík and Alfons Adam, North Bohemian Museum in Liberec, 24 June 2025
Moderation: Jaromír Mrňka
Paris – Scenography and Narration, with Jean-Marc Dreyfus, Rachel E. Perry and Maciej Gugała in Paris, 17 June 2025
Moderation: Peter Geimer
London – Images as Evidence, with Janina Struk, Paul Betts and James Bulgin, German Historical Institute London, 13 May 2025
Moderation: Axel Bangert
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