still here! at the Breitenau Memorial: Experience culture of remembrance in Guxhagen
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An exhibition that makes suppressed life stories visible
With still here! the Breitenau Memorial focuses on a long-tabooed chapter of Nazi history: the children from forbidden relationships between Germans and prisoners of war or forced laborers. The traveling exhibition combines personal memories, photographs, and documents into a compelling artistic experience of the culture of remembrance.
Life stories against silence
At the center are more than 20 biographical perspectives that have been made visible in the research and exhibition project of the Breitenau Memorial. The exhibition shows how strongly stigmatization, discrimination, and racism continued to have an impact - even after 1945. Especially in the calm, concentrated exhibition atmosphere, these testimonies unfold an unusual emotional intensity.
Historical location, precise communication
Breitenau itself is a place with double historical layering: former monastery complex, early concentration camp, later work education camp. The exhibition connects this historical depth with a clear museum curation that focuses on enlightenment, empathy, and cultural education. Supplementary tours and lectures open the perspective on the mechanisms of exclusion, Nazi persecution, and post-history.
Education, tours, and in-depth access
Accompanying the exhibition, the memorial offers tours through the exhibition as well as extensive educational materials for preparation and follow-up. Additionally, events such as the exhibition opening with a lecture, thematic tours, and other discussion formats are provided. Thus, the exhibition becomes not only a place for the contemplation of historical sources but also a learning place for the present and memory.
Visit with attitude and attention
Those who visit still here! encounter no spectacular effects, but a precise, dignified exhibition about the consequences of prohibition, control, and societal condemnation. This is where its strength lies: It invites quiet, yet sustainable engagement and makes history an aesthetic and ethical experience.
Conclusion: still here! is an exhibition for all who understand culture of remembrance not as an obligation but as an intensive encounter with history. The combination of biographical sources, historical contextualization, and authentic place makes a visit to Breitenau worthwhile.
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