Movie night for the 90th anniversary of Johann "Rukeli" Trollmann's boxing championship fight with Gizem Aksu
The boxer Johann "Rukeli" Trollmann (1907 - 1943) won the German championship fight on June 9, 1933 in the Kreuzberg bock beer brewery. Only a few days later he was stripped of his title again - National Socialist "Gleichschalt" and exclusion also took place in sport.
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FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum von außen
As a Sinto, Johann “Rukeli” Trollmann was racially discriminated against and humiliated by the National Socialists. In June 1942 he was deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp and murdered there on February 9, 1943.
The FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum shows the film "9/8fight41" by the artist Gizem Aksu followed by a discussion.
The film is in Turkish with English subtitles; the conversation takes place in spoken English.
- The event is free of charge
- Registration is not required
- Wheelchair access
