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New Places of Remembrance and Exhibitions
This spring - 80 years after the handover of power to the Nazis and 67 years after the liberation - new projects of rememberance in Berlin offer information also on the history of forced labor.
News date: 03/25/2013
Exhibition "Forced Labor" in Warsaw
From January 9 until March 8, 2013, the international exhibition "Forced Labor. The Germans, the Forced Laborers and the war" is on display in the Royal Palace of Warsaw.
News date: 12/18/2012
Obituary Claudio Sommaruga
On November 4, 2012, our interview partner Claudio Sommaruga died at the age of 92.
News date: 11/20/2012
Second Edition Educational Material
The educational material about "Forced Labor 1939-1945" is available in a second edition since december, 2011. Video DVD, learning software and teachers' book can be purchased at Federal Agency for Civic Education.
News date: 09/03/2012
Conference "Remembering Forced Labor. Audio and Video Testimonies in the Digital World"
October, 4th – 6th 2012 at Freie Universität Berlin
News date: 06/18/2012
70 years ago: The "Ostarbeiter-Erlasse"
A Ukrainian testimony on the consequences of the "Ostarbeiter-Erlasse" of Feb. 20, 1942 - An Interviewer talks about her interviews with former "Ostarbeiter"
News date: 02/18/2012
New project day on the Auschwitz Trial
At the second day of "Victims' Voices at the Perpetrators' Site" in the "Topograpy of Terror", students do research on witnesses and perpetrators at Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial (1963-65).
News date: 01/05/2012
Testifying in Nazi Trials
On december 15, 1961, the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem ended with a death sentence. The Jewish Auschwitz survivor and artist Yehuda B. testified against Adolf Eichmann and - two years later - at the Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt.
News date: 12/07/2011
With Stamp and Signature
Documents on Nazi Forced Labor - A Digital Workshop for Interpreting Historical Sources
News date: 11/18/2011
Workshop Oberhausen
November 24 - 26, 2011: Presentation of educational material at workshop in North Rhine Westphalia
News date: 11/18/2011
Conference in Moscow
On November 14 and 15, 2011, German Historical Institute Moscow organized the international conference "Forced Labor for the Reich 1941–1945. Practice and Memory in German and Russian perspectives". Our team member Cord Pagenstecher discussed new research questions.
News date: 11/07/2011
New Oral History Archive
Freie Universität Berlin First Institution in Germany to Provide Access to Digital Oral History Collection "Refugee Voices" of Association of Jewish Refugees
News date: 11/04/2011
Award for Learning Software
"Video Testimonies for School Education" has been awarded „Best Learning Software History/Politics“ and overall winner of the category "Children aged 10 years or older"
News date: 10/12/2011
"Slave Labor" in the Nuremberg Trial
On October 1, 1946 the Nuremberg Trial sentenced "Slave Labor" as one of the main Nazi war crimes. Has Forced Labor been slavery?
News date: 09/26/2011
Voices of the Victims at the Site of the Perpetrators
Cooperation Agreement between Freie Universität Berlin and Topography of Terror Documentation Center
News date: 09/09/2011
Workshop Prague
On september 14, 2011 Dr. Cord Pagenstecher presents the education material “Video Testimonies for School Education" at a Czech-German expert meeting in Prague.
News date: 08/31/2011
Obituary Helena Bohle-Szacki
On August 21, 2011, our interview partner Helena Bohle-Szacki passed away, at the age of 83.
News date: 08/25/2011
Exhibition "The Police and the Nazi Regime"
Within the exhibition at German Historical Museum, the treatment of forced laborers by the German police is adressed, too - amongst other sources, with interview excerpts from the online archive "Forced Labor 1939-1945".
News date: 08/01/2011
Exhibition "Forced Labor" in Moscow
Since June 22, 1941, the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 in Moscow presents the international exhibition "Forced Labor. The Germans, the Forced Laborers and the war".
News date: 06/21/2011
Remembering June 22, 1941
German Attack on Sovjet Union. Video clip from three testimonies
News date: 06/21/2011
Teacher Training Celle
June 1: Presentation of new educational material at teachers' training together with Bergen-Belsen Memorial
News date: 04/06/2011
New Research Tools on Nazi Forced Labor
The information portal of the Federal Archives "Forced Labor in the National Socialist State" and the online archive "Forced Labor 1939-1945" have been linked to provide metasearch access.
News date: 03/31/2011
Oral History Interviews in the Classroom
New multimedia teaching material available
News date: 02/11/2011
Teacher Training at Freie Universität Berlin
February, 10: Presentation of new educational material at teachers' training
News date: 01/12/2011
Project presentation at society for research on World War II
February, 8: Presentation of the online archive at Berlin Society for Research on Fascism and World War
News date: 01/09/2011
Indexing Process – Main Focus of the Project in 2011
Center for Digital Systems (CeDiS) participates in interview-indexing process
News date: 12/22/2010
Talk with the Survivor Helena Bohle-Szacki and Presentation of Educational Material
January 10th, 2011 at 6 pm, Jewish Museum Berlin
News date: 12/22/2010
Exhibition “Forced Labor” at the Jewish Museum Berlin
Until 30 January 2011: The Jewish Museum Berlin is showing the comprehensive exhibition "Forced Labor. The Germans, the Forced Laborers and the War".
News date: 12/21/2010
Israeli-German Expert Meeting
At this bilateral seminar (24/25 november 2010) on pedagogical work with testimonies the educational material of "Forced Labor 1939-1945" and "Zeugen der Shoah".
News date: 11/25/2010
Publication "Hitler's Slaves"
This English version of the German book "Hitlers Sklaven" describes the interview collection of the online archive "Forced Labor 1939-1945".
News date: 11/23/2010
Survey on Forced Labor
The extent of forced labor under National Socialism is underestimated by most Germans. This was the outcome of a recent survey. There is, however, a strong interest in this theme – particularly among young people.
News date: 09/20/2010
Teacher Training at the Jewish Museum Berlin
September 30th: Presentation of the educational materials at the teacher training workshop “Forced labor under National Socialism in schools and the classroom” at the Jewish Museum in Berlin.
News date: 09/18/2010
Oral History Interviews for the Classroom: Keeping memory alive and imparting history
New multimedia teaching material on forced labor presented to public.
News date: 06/25/2010
New archive version online
Additional search functionality - Growing number of indexed interviews
News date: 06/24/2010
Presence at "didacta 2010"
The educational materials of the multimedia archive projects "Forced Labor 1939-1945. Memory and History" and "Witnesses of the Shoah. The Visual History Archive in School Education" will be introduced at the education fair "didacta" from March 16th to March 20th in Cologne.
News date: 02/16/2010
Essay Collection on Video Interviews
The collection of the Foundation “Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe” includes contributions about archiving and exploring/indexing video interviews of survivors including texts on the projects "Forced Labor 1939-1945" and "Visual History Archive". Being the voice of the murdered on the one hand and on the other speaking as "I" – this is what many holocaust survivors consider to be their task and responsibility.
News date: 02/08/2010
Forecast 2010
The focus of the project "Forced Labor1939-1945" in 2010 will be on the completion of the work on teaching and learning material for use in schools education in Germany. Furthermore the archive platform will be enhanced and expanded by new interesting aspect through the continuous scholarly translation and indexing of the interviews.
News date: 01/15/2010
2009 in Retrospect
Project "Forced Labor 1939-1945" is looking back on a year 2009 full of events.
News date: 12/31/2009
News
New Places of Remembrance and Exhibitions
This spring - 80 years after the handover of power to the Nazis and 67 years after the liberation - new projects of rememberance in Berlin offer information also on the history of forced labor.
Exhibition "Forced Labor" in Warsaw
From January 9 until March 8, 2013, the international exhibition "Forced Labor. The Germans, the Forced Laborers and the war" is on display in the Royal Palace of Warsaw.
Obituary Claudio Sommaruga
On November 4, 2012, our interview partner Claudio Sommaruga died at the age of 92.
