Liberated forced labourers and Jewish survivors
The Soviet army found hundreds of thousands of forced labourers in Berlin in 1945. The repatriation of these displaced persons became a mammoth task for the Allies.
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Das Schwarz-Weiß-Foto zeigt eine große Ansammlung von Zelten und Wagen auf einer weitläufigen Fläche. Viele Menschen sind zu sehen, die sich in und um die Behausungen herum bewegen. Im Hintergrund ist eine Bebauung mit Bäumen und Gebäuden erkennbar.
80 years ago, in the spring and summer of 1945, Berlin became a transit point: in addition to the forced labourers liberated here, those liberated elsewhere also streamed into the city. The Allies set up temporary collection camps and tried to return the people to their home countries as quickly as possible.
From the late summer of 1945, especially in the years that followed, more and more Jewish post-war refugees from Eastern Europe came to Berlin to emigrate to the British Mandate of Palestine or overseas.
Welcome: Dr Christine Glauning
Head of the Documentation Centre on Nazi Forced Labour
Soviet DPs: Dr Oxana Kosenko
University of Ulm
Jewish DPs: Dr Angelika Königseder
Technical University of Berlin
Moderation: Dr Markus Nesselrodt
European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Accompanying the exhibition "Forgotten Liberation. Forced labourers in Berlin 1945". A guided tour by the curators will take place at 6 pm.
The sound installation "Liberation" by Marc Sinan can also be heard on the site.
(TALKS IN GERMAN)
Additional information
Dates
September 2025
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