Berlin – Europäische Erinnerung? | European Memory?

• Place: Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
  
• Language: German
  
• Participation: on site, via Zoom or YouTube live stream
  
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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.


Berlin – European Memory?
Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 6.30 p.m., German Historical Museum
With Ljiljana Radonić, among others

The first exhibitions on Nazi crimes were a Europe-wide phenomenon that came to an end with the onset of the Cold War. To what extent can a look at the post-war debates shed light on today's culture of remembrance? What challenges are associated with the project of a European memory in view of the collapse of the post-war order and current crises and wars? In what ways are the questions of the years 1945 to 1948 relevant again today?