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20 Jahre Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit
Date details
- Date Sunday, 27/September/2026 12:00 bis 18:00
- Venue Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit Berlin-Schöneweide
- Address Britzer Straße 5, 12439 Berlin-Köpenick
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Doku.-zentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit
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Britzer Str.
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Grimaustr.
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Hasselwerderstr.
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Rudower Str./Schnellerstr.
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Nieberstr.
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Schnellerstr./Köllnische Str.
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Pietschkerstr.
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Doku.-zentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit
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Nieberstr.
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S Schöneweide Bhf
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Brückenstr.
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20 Years of the Documentation Center for Nazi Forced Labor
For 20 years now, the Documentation Center for Nazi Forced Labor has been a place of remembrance, learning, and encounter. We cordially invite you to celebrate this anniversary with us. In addition to remarks from political and civic leaders and a panel discussion, the centerpiece of the ceremony will be the opening of our new special exhibition, “How Do We Remember? How Do You Remember?”
The program that follows is dedicated to fostering connections. We will open our new visitor area as well as the storage facilities for brief presentations of special exhibits and offer themed guided tours. A special highlight is the historical-biographical dance theater performance by Ute Delimat, which explores the forced labor experienced by her mother and grandmother.
Program
10:45–11:45 a.m.
Barrack 3 – Collection Storage Facility
Silent Witnesses Speak – Brief Glimpses into the Collection Storage Facility
(two 30-minute guided tours with limited capacity—register on-site)
12:00 p.m.
Barrack 5 – Event Room
Ceremony & Exhibition Opening
Opening Remarks: Dr. Christine Glauning, Director of the Documentation Center for Nazi Forced Labor | Maria Bering, Deputy Head of Office at the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media | Oliver Igel, District Mayor of Treptow-Köpenick | Bogdan Bartnikowski, concentration camp survivor and former forced laborer
Panel Discussion: Jakub Deka, Chair of the Polish-German Reconciliation Foundation | Christine Glauning | Ronald de Ruiter, son of a Dutch forced laborer | Karoline Georg, Aktives Museum | Moderator: Nora Hespers | Music: Dejan Jovanović, accordion
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Barrack 5 – Event Room
Prisoners of Their Own Memories – An Autobiographical Dance-Reading on Nazi Forced Labor
Reading: Ute Delimat | Dance: Marie Zechiel | Harp: Gabriela Croitoru
Followed by a discussion with the artists
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Barrack 4 – Exhibition Space
Virgilio Comberlato, son of an Italian military internee, tells his father’s story in the exhibition.
3:30–4:30 p.m.
Barrack 3 – Collection Storage
Silent Witnesses Speak – Brief Glimpses into the Collection Storage (two 30-minute guided tours with limited capacity – registration on-site)
3:30–5:30 p.m.
Memorial Site and Surroundings
The Camp Site in a Residential Area – A Perceptual Tour and Educational Program
With Karsten Feucht (sociologist, architect) and Rainer Düvell (artist, architect) As part of the Berlin Industrial Culture Festival “Für mehr Berlin: Hier lang!”
(Limited number of participants—please register at: )
4:00 p.m.
Baracke 2 – Exhibition Space
“How Do We Remember? How Do You Remember?” – An exhibition on the transformation and significance of remembrance
Curated tour of the exhibitionTranslated with DeepL
The program that follows is dedicated to fostering connections. We will open our new visitor area as well as the storage facilities for brief presentations of special exhibits and offer themed guided tours. A special highlight is the historical-biographical dance theater performance by Ute Delimat, which explores the forced labor experienced by her mother and grandmother.
Program
10:45–11:45 a.m.
Barrack 3 – Collection Storage Facility
Silent Witnesses Speak – Brief Glimpses into the Collection Storage Facility
(two 30-minute guided tours with limited capacity—register on-site)
12:00 p.m.
Barrack 5 – Event Room
Ceremony & Exhibition Opening
Opening Remarks: Dr. Christine Glauning, Director of the Documentation Center for Nazi Forced Labor | Maria Bering, Deputy Head of Office at the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media | Oliver Igel, District Mayor of Treptow-Köpenick | Bogdan Bartnikowski, concentration camp survivor and former forced laborer
Panel Discussion: Jakub Deka, Chair of the Polish-German Reconciliation Foundation | Christine Glauning | Ronald de Ruiter, son of a Dutch forced laborer | Karoline Georg, Aktives Museum | Moderator: Nora Hespers | Music: Dejan Jovanović, accordion
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Barrack 5 – Event Room
Prisoners of Their Own Memories – An Autobiographical Dance-Reading on Nazi Forced Labor
Reading: Ute Delimat | Dance: Marie Zechiel | Harp: Gabriela Croitoru
Followed by a discussion with the artists
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Barrack 4 – Exhibition Space
Virgilio Comberlato, son of an Italian military internee, tells his father’s story in the exhibition.
3:30–4:30 p.m.
Barrack 3 – Collection Storage
Silent Witnesses Speak – Brief Glimpses into the Collection Storage (two 30-minute guided tours with limited capacity – registration on-site)
3:30–5:30 p.m.
Memorial Site and Surroundings
The Camp Site in a Residential Area – A Perceptual Tour and Educational Program
With Karsten Feucht (sociologist, architect) and Rainer Düvell (artist, architect) As part of the Berlin Industrial Culture Festival “Für mehr Berlin: Hier lang!”
(Limited number of participants—please register at: )
4:00 p.m.
Baracke 2 – Exhibition Space
“How Do We Remember? How Do You Remember?” – An exhibition on the transformation and significance of remembrance
Curated tour of the exhibitionTranslated with DeepL
Booking: To attend the ceremony, please register by Friday, September 18, 2026: veranstaltung_ns-zwangsarbeit(at)topographie.de
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- Date:
- until 30/09/2030
- Venue:
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- Address:
- Schiffbauergasse 11, 14467 Potsdam
- Price:
- from €70.00
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Tanztreffen der Jugend 2026
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PUKLLAY - Performance Workshop | Mit Ximena Ameri
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Die Nibelungen
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- Date:
- Sunday, 27/September/2026 16:00 (2 more dates)
- Venue:
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- Address:
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- Price:
- from €17.60
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Das Spiel - Theater an der Parkaue
- Next date:
- Das Spiel
- Date:
- Sunday, 27/September/2026 16:00
- Venue:
- Theater an der Parkaue - Bühne 3
- Address:
- Parkaue 29, 10367 Berlin-Lichtenberg
- Price:
- from €19.00
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