Public Interventions - Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation

Widerstand (Resistance). Audio stories from Thuringia 1939-1945 Online starting 08.05.2026 & as an installation through 18.10.2026

Twelve stories focus on Germans, civilian forced laborers, prisoners of war, and concentration camp inmates.
They tell of acts of resistance that required courage and entailed risks.

Nachtaufnahme des Glockenturms der Gedenkstätte Buchenwald mit einer rot-orangenen Lichtprojektion einer erhobenen Hand auf der Turmfassade, unter einem klaren Sternenhimmel.

Genius Loci Weimar 2024

Zur Landtagswahl erstrahlte das Buchenwalder Mahnmal in einem neuen Licht, illuminiert von drei internationalen Künstler:innengruppen. Sie ermöglichten völlig neue Sichtweisen und zeigten eindrucksvoll, welche Relevanz das über 65 Jahre alte Denkmal...

Two people in high-visibility vests kneel on the ground and write on the floor with chalk.

"Schreiben gegen das Vergessen" (Writing Not to Forget) Active Remembrance

Art Project: 80th Anniversary of the Deportation of Thuringian Jews

In a public square there are metal boxes with photos hanging on their walls. On the outsides are large photos of buildings in Weimar in the 40s, inside photos of people showing their tattoos.

"Haut, Stein" (Skin, Stone) Outdoor Exhibition

To what extent does the German past truly lie behind us? The long-term photography project by Jakob Ganslmeier (Berlin/Den Haag) explores this question, probing how we treat Nazi symbols today.

Leaflet of the bicycle manufacturer Wanderer for the tour of Germany. In the upper part you can see the silhouettes of 5 cyclists racing each other. Below the inscription: "Deutschland-Rundfahrt 1937".

Cycling and Buchenwald Outdoor Exhibition

The Deutschland Tour 2021 over the Ettersberg was the occasion to take a critical look at the intertwining of cycling with the history of the Buchenwald concentration camp - hitherto completely unknown territory.

In the center of the picture, a speaker with a black jacket stands on a small stage element and speaks into a microphone. To his left is a gray-white-orange information stele. In the background, the gate building of the former concentration camp can be seen.

"Geschichte. Bewusst. Machen." (History. Made. Conscious) A path through Buchenwald

The examination of the history of Buchenwald Concentration Camp is supported by many different people and initiatives. Together with them, the memorial designs the "History. Made. Concious". A path through Buchenwald".