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Certainly few people would immediately think of Spandau when hearing the word colonialism. But here too, in this Prussian military city, the overseas territories were part of everyday life: Some of Spandau’s citizens spent their military service in the German colonies. Especially former members of the Imperial Navy wanted to keep in contact with one another even after their service. In 1890, the Spandauer Marineverein (Spandau Naval Club) was thusly founded, from 1935 onwards known as Marinekameradschaft (Naval Comradeship Association), whose legacy allows us insights into the normalcy with which the colonies were treated as a fact of life inbetween daily club affairs and local politics as a part of one’s personal biography by the citizens of Spandau. We invite you to engage with a chapter of Spandau’s history not yet well-known. Through many exhibits, historical photographs and original documents, the new exhibition tells the story of how colonialism was suffused in everday life even at the Havel – and how it was not always met with enthusiasm.
Accompanying events:
Sat. 16th January 3 pm – Guided tour with curator Dominik Draheim
Fri. 19th March at 3 pm – Dialogue-based tour with Dominik Draheim and Anika Malzan
Thur. 8th April from 3 to 5 pm – Reading history: In this Sütterlin (old German handwriting) workshop, the Marineverein’s log books will be deciphered together.
Sun. 16th May at 10 am – Finissage
Supported by the Bezirkskulturfonds.
