50 Jahre Besuchsprogramm des Berliner Senats für NS-Verfolgte
12. 11. 2021 – 13.3.2022
Bastion Kronprinz
The Berlin Senate’s Emigrant Programme has been in existence for over 50 years: While the Federal Republic of Germany was gradually coming to terms with its National Socialist past, the Berlin Senate launched the Emigrants Programme in 1969. Former Berliners who had to leave the city due to persecution under fascism were invited to see their old home again. Over 35,000 people, the majority of them of Jewish origin, accepted the offer. They are shown in this exhibition as they make the journey to Berlin – despite reservations and traumatic experiences – from all over the world. This includes, in particular, biographies of Jewish Spandauers who visit their former district of residence after fleeing Germany.
The exhibition was created by Senatskanzlei Berlin and Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand and further developed by the Jugendgeschichtswerkstatt Spandau.