Special exhibition
Past and Forgotten?
The Lichterfelde Camp and the French Prisoners of War
8 October 2022 - 31 May 2023
The starting point of the exhibition is the present: in 2017, it was discovered that barracks of a prisoner-of-war camp have survived in the south of the Berlin district of Lichterfelde. The Wehrmacht interned mainly French soldiers here from 1940 to 1945. The site is now to be developed with flats and most of the historic barracks are to be demolished.
The exhibition sheds light on the history of the Lichterfelde camp and the French prisoners of war in Berlin. The development of the site is shown from the pre-war period to its use as a prisoner-of-war camp to the current building plans. Selected biographies open up further perspectives on the camp. The exhibition contributes to the debate on what should be done with this important historical site.
The exhibition is trilingual: German | English | français
Accompanying programme to the exhibition
Events
1 December 2022 | 7 pm:
The Stalag IID (German) | Lectures: Kolja Buchmeier, Arne Pannen, Barbara Schulz
2 February 2023 | 7 pm:
French Prisoners of War in Berlin (German) | Lectures: Thomas Irmer, Eva Kuby
Curator's tours in German
Saturday | 29 October 2022 | 1 pm
Saturday | 21 January 2023 | 1 pm
Saturday | 22 April 2023 | 1 pm
Workshop in German
The Lichterfelde Camp
Experiences of French prisoners of war in Berlin
How to find us
Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit
Barrack 5
Britzer Straße 5
12439 Berlin
Tel. +49 (0)30 6390 288 0
Email: schoeneweide(at)topographie.de
Opening hours
Tue - Sun 10-18 h
Barrack 5
Closing days
24 and 31 December
Admission is free.
The exhibition is wheelchair accessible.
Press
Fabian Vögtle
voegtle(at)topographie.de
+49 30 6390 288 14
The former prisoner of war camp Lichterfelde: A place like many others?
"Nazi camp discovered", was the headline in the taz on 21 November 1994, referring to a forced labour camp in Niederschöneweide, now the Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre. "Former prisoner of war camp discovered in Lichterfelde" was the headline in the Berliner Morgenpost on 20 October 2018. Almost 24 years lie between these two reports. In both cases - as in many other places - it was committed citizens who drew attention to a forgotten or suppressed site of Nazi forced labour. They demanded a debate and - especially important - successfully campaigned for the protection of the remaining relics as monuments."
Dr. Christine Glauning, Director of the Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre, From the foreword to the exhibition catalogue
Catalogue
Information Leaflet
The accompanying volume documents the contents of the exhibition with photographs, illustrations and additional texts on the history of the Lichterfelde-Süd prisoner-of-war camp.
Available from us at the Documentation Centre,
in German-English,
10 euros, 191 pages, ISBN: 978-3-941772-51-9
on the exhibition "PAST AND FORGOTTEN? The Lichterfelde Camp and the French Prisoners of War". (German)