Traveling exhibition of the homeless under National Socialism

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The traveling exhibition of the homeless under National Socialism is an exhibition of the Federal Association of Homeless Aid . The traveling exhibition on the fate of social outsiders (above all beggars, vagabonds and so-called " anti-socials ") in the time of National Socialism was shown for the first time in 2004 as part of the ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the Federal Association for Homeless Aid (Berlin) and has been about the Federal working group can be borrowed. So far, the exhibition has been shown in more than 120 cities in Germany and Austria, some of which have been repeated.

concept

The texts come from Wolfgang Ayaß , historian at the University of Kassel , the graphic design was done by Hans-Georg Vogt, Bielefeld.

The deliberately small traveling exhibition can be used very flexibly. She was previously z. B. in churches, town hall or authority foyers, side rooms of existing exhibitions and in empty shops. Since 2006 there are two copies of the exhibition.

The exhibition consists of 13 banners 1.05 meters wide and 2.15 meters high. The banners can thus be set up individually free-standing. Each banner or each thematic focus, which can include up to three banners, speaks for itself. The borrowing of the materials is chargeable (however a maximum of 80 € per borrowing).

Exhibition themes

The 13 panels (fabric banners) deal with the following topics:

1. Homeless people in the Great Depression

2. The beggar raid of September 1933

3. Workhouses

4. A traveling musician in the Breitenau workhouse

5. The professional debate about the homeless and " anti-social "

6. Homeless people as objects of racial hygiene

7. Forced sterilization of the homeless

8. "Asocial large families"

9. Control of the homeless and "orderly walking"

10. The Bavarian "State Association for Hiking Service"

11. The "Arbeitsschaf Reich" campaign in 1938

12. Two individual fates of homeless men who perished in the Dachau and Sachsenhausen concentration camps.

13. Two individual fates of homeless women who perished in the Auschwitz concentration camp .

literature

  • Wolfgang Ayaß : Homeless people under National Socialism. Booklet accompanying the traveling exhibition of the Federal Association of Homeless Aid eV, BAG Homeless Aid, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-922526-64-3 .

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