Buchenwald Memorial Mittelbau-Dora Memorial Museum Zwangsarbeit im NS

Public Interventions

Exhibitions, actions and installations in public space

Online Magazine Menschenmenge betrachtet bei Nacht eine Videoprojektion auf einem Mahnmalrelief am Buchenwald-Denkmal, die stilisierte Figuren mit geometrischen Netzstrukturen zeigt; im Hintergrund sind weitere Lichtprojektionen auf Steinreliefs sichtbar.

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...

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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

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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.

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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.

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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".

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