Stollen of memory

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The gallery of memory is a permanent exhibition on the subject of forced labor and concentration camps in the city of Steyr in Upper Austria . The exhibition is located in a former air raid shelter under Lamberg Castle , which was built in 1943 by forced laborers from the Steyr-Münichholz subcamp .

The Mauthausen Komitee Steyr is the sponsoring association and responsible for the content of the exhibition . The scholarly curation was carried out by the historian Regina Wonisch in collaboration with a team of curators from the association who contributed to the conception of the content. The association received scientific and conceptual advice from contemporary historian Bertrand Perz . The Steyr Work World Museum is responsible for educational support. The exhibition design comes from Bernhard Denkinger . It has been published in several architecture magazines.

history

The tunnel itself was built in 1943 by prisoners from the Steyr-Münichholz sub-camp and served the civilian population as a shelter during bombing raids. The aim of the attacks was arms production in and around Steyr.

The exhibition was opened on October 25, 2013 after an idea by Karl Ramsmaier after a planning phase of more than 10 years. In the 1990s, there was already the idea of ​​creating an exhibition on the subject of National Socialism, forced labor and the concentration camp in Steyr. The building intended for this, the last barracks of the Steyr – Münichholz concentration camp, was illegally demolished in 1993, which threatened to fail the idea.
In 2003 the Mauthausen Committee started a new initiative for the implementation of an exhibition on forced labor and National Socialism. In 2010 the Viennese architect Bernhard Denkinger was commissioned to work out a design proposal for an exhibition in the so-called Lambergstollen, which was realized in 2011-2013.

exhibition

Exhibition section in the gallery of memory
Opening of the show in the Lamberg tunnel on October 25, 2013

The path through the 140-meter-long, U-shaped tunnel system follows a chronological structure and illuminates the years 1938 to 1945. A special focus of the exhibition is on the Steyr – Münichholz subcamp and the forced laborers in Steyr. The history of the resistance in Steyr and the handling of the Nazi past in the years from 1945 to the present are also prominently discussed .

The memory of the concentration camp prisoners, forced laborers and contemporary witnesses is taken into account through the use of quotes and reports from individuals. These biographical elements are supplemented by historical documents and photographs that also explain the historical context. Original objects were not used due to the moisture in the memory gallery.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Stollen of Remembrance  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Museum Arbeitswelt Steyr Stollen of Remembrance ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on October 12, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.museum-steyr.at
  2. ^ Romana Ring: Bernhard Denkinger - Gallery of Remembrance, Architektur Aktuell, March 2014, No. 408, Vienna - pages 18–19. See EBSCO host.
  3. ^ Emily Martin: Tunnel of Memory Exhibition, Steyr, Austria; FX Magazine No. 259, London, October 2015 - pp. 52–56. Web version of the print article at designcurial.com: Tunnel of Memory exhibition, Steyr, Austria, last accessed on November 2, 2015
  4. ↑ A work that can no longer forget what was Interview with Karl Ramsmaier in the OÖ Nachrichten, last accessed on November 19, 2014
  5. ↑ Exhibition design - Gallery of Remembrance, last accessed on November 19, 2014
  6. ↑ Stollen of Remembrance on nextroom last accessed on November 19, 2014
  7. ↑ Mauthausen Komitee Steyr received the Hans Maršálek Prize for the “Stollen of Remembrance” with former Bishop Maximilian Aichern , Karl Ramsmaier, Willi Mernyi and Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann . Bezirksrundschau, Sandra Kaiser, June 19, 2015

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