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Hélène Fauriat
From the Resistance to forced labor in Schönefeld
– Großflächige Einladungsgrafik mit einem Rastermuster im Hintergrund. Links oben steht in orangefarbenen Großbuchstaben: 'VON DER RÉSISTANCE ZUR ZWANGSARBEIT IN SCHÖNEFELD'. Darunter, in sehr großen dunkelblauen Großbuchstaben, der Name 'HÉLÈNE FAURIAT'. Rechts befindet sich ein rechteckiges, helles Feld, das einen Teil des Hintergrunds überdeckt.
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An exhibition by the Amy-Johnson-Gymnasium in Schönefeld in cooperation with the Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Center.
The exhibition focuses on the biography of Hélène Fauriat (1918-1999), a fighter in the French Resistance. She was arrested by the Gestapo in June 1944 for her resistance against the German occupation and deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp. After two weeks, she was transferred to the Henschel-Werke subcamp in Schönefeld and forced to work in the fighter plane factory.
The main basis of the exhibition is her memoir "Noël à Schönefeld" (Christmas in Schönefeld). In it, Hélène Fauriat gives an insight into her personal experiences of persecution, imprisonment and forced labor during the Nazi era.
The exhibition was created as part of a basic French course. The students researched the story of the French resistance fighter Hélène Fauriat. The project was prompted by the school's new building on the site of a former Henschel Flugzeug-Werke AG forced labor camp in Schönefeld near Berlin. Archaeological excavations were carried out on the site in 2023/24.Translated with DeepL
The exhibition focuses on the biography of Hélène Fauriat (1918-1999), a fighter in the French Resistance. She was arrested by the Gestapo in June 1944 for her resistance against the German occupation and deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp. After two weeks, she was transferred to the Henschel-Werke subcamp in Schönefeld and forced to work in the fighter plane factory.
The main basis of the exhibition is her memoir "Noël à Schönefeld" (Christmas in Schönefeld). In it, Hélène Fauriat gives an insight into her personal experiences of persecution, imprisonment and forced labor during the Nazi era.
The exhibition was created as part of a basic French course. The students researched the story of the French resistance fighter Hélène Fauriat. The project was prompted by the school's new building on the site of a former Henschel Flugzeug-Werke AG forced labor camp in Schönefeld near Berlin. Archaeological excavations were carried out on the site in 2023/24.Translated with DeepL
Runtime: Fri, 27/03/2026 to Sun, 06/09/2026
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