75 years of exile archive: new insights into the history of exile

75 years of exile archive: new insights into the history of exile

On December 5, 2024 at 7 p.m., an extended permanent exhibition entitled "Exile. Experience and testimony" will be ceremoniously opened in the German Exilarchive of the German National Library in Frankfurt. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Exilarchive, which has documented the fate of at least 500,000 by the National Socialists since 1933-1945, the new exhibition should offer visitors haunting insight into the reality of exile. The archive director Dr. Sylvia Asmus emphasizes that the exhibition also includes votes from current exiled, including the Belarusian author Volha Hapeyeva and the Turkish journalist Can Dündar, who are currently living in Germany, as in press report of the DNB is reported.

Another highlight of the event will be the interactive performance "The Traveler" of the London theater collective Auricle. This staging, which is based on the novel of the same name by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, experiences visitors through an impressive collage from sound, video and light the escape history of the Jewish merchant Otto Silbermann up close. In addition to moving experiences of children who had to leave their home through children's transport, the exhibition also focuses on the perspectives of contemporary refugees. Newly added exhibits and large video interviews should help to make the often painful experiences of exiled people understand, such as "https://www.hessenschau.de/kultur/schau-frankfurt-thematis-anschlag-von-hanau--kultungen-aus-hessen-kultur-ticker-100.html"> Hessenschau reported.

a captivating experience for visitors

The extended exhibition not only offers a deep insight into the history of German -speaking exile, but also current topics related to flight and identity. This special approach to exile is intended to raise awareness of the problem that still exists today and underline the importance of democracy and tolerance. In the constantly changing world, the exile archive is more than ever an important place for education and reflection on the dark chapters of history and the effects of persecution and displacement.