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
View ArticleTeacher Training at Freie Universität Berlin
February, 10: Presentation of new educational material at teachers' training
View ArticleNew 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.
View ArticleTeacher Training Celle
June 1: Presentation of new educational material at teachers' training together with Bergen-Belsen Memorial
View ArticleRemembering June 22, 1941
German Attack on Sovjet Union. Video clip from three testimonies
View ArticleExhibition "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".
View ArticleExhibition "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...
View ArticleObituary Helena Bohle-Szacki
On August 21, 2011, our interview partner Helena Bohle-Szacki passed away, at the age of 83.
View ArticleWorkshop 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.
View ArticleVoices of the Victims at the Site of the Perpetrators
Cooperation Agreement between Freie Universität Berlin and Topography of Terror Documentation Center
View Article"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?
View ArticleAward 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"
View ArticleNew 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
View ArticleConference 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"....
View ArticleWorkshop Oberhausen
November 24 - 26, 2011: Presentation of educational material at workshop in North Rhine Westphalia
View ArticleWith Stamp and Signature
Documents on Nazi Forced Labor - A Digital Workshop for Interpreting Historical Sources
View ArticleTestifying 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...
View ArticleNew 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).
View Article70 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"
View ArticleConference "Remembering Forced Labor. Audio and Video Testimonies in the...
October, 4th – 6th 2012 at Freie Universität Berlin
View ArticleSecond 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...
View ArticleObituary Claudio Sommaruga
On November 4, 2012, our interview partner Claudio Sommaruga died at the age of 92.
View ArticleExhibition "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.
View ArticleNew 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.
View ArticleContinuing of the project "Forced Labor 1939 - 1945"
Freie Universität Berlin, German Historical Museum Berlin and the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" continue their successful cooperation in the project "Forced Labor 1939 - 1945".
View ArticleForced Labor. The Testimony App by Berlin History Workshop
The smartphone app "Forced Labor" by Berlin History Workshop provides access to the memories of witnesses.
View ArticleNew Article about the Archive in the EHRI-Newsletter
In the second issue of the newsletter, Jan Rietema examines the creation of the interview collection as well as the further development of the archive.
View ArticleSummer School of the multimedia Archives
On the 25th of August, the Summer School of the Oral History Archives starts at Freie Universität Berlin. Key-subject of the one-week seminar is "Resistance to National Socialism."
View ArticleProject Presentation in Amsterdam
The 4-Day International Conference seeks to explore, from a range of comparative approaches and methodologies, how the space-times of memory in Europe and beyond are interpreted, (re)presented,...
View ArticleTestifying in Nazi Trials
Between 1963 and 1965, the first criminal proceedings in German postwar history against SS guards at Auschwitz took place. The survivor Yehuda B. talks about his experiences as a witness.
View ArticleConference Proceedings "Remembering Forced Labor. Audio and Video Testimonies...
The German-language book, published on Decemer 11, 2013, is based on an eponymous conference which was held in October 2012 in Berlin.
View ArticleNew Feature: User Annotations
From now on, archive users can write comments on interview sequences and thus improve the online archive.
View ArticleInterview with Ralph Giordano
In a new expert interview, the publicist Ralph Giordano reflects on the examination of National Socalism in Germany then and now.
View ArticleBook Launch and Discussion "Remembering Forced Labor. Audio and Video...
Tuesday, March 24, 2014 - 7 pmGerman Historical MuseumAuditorium (Pei-Building)Unter den Linden 210117 Berlin
View ArticleColloquium "Belgians before Berlin Panel Courts"
"Belgians before Berlin Penal Courts - Forced Labor, Control and Repression in the Reichshauptstadt during the Second World War" - Lecture on the conference at March 20, 2014
View ArticleObituary Reinhard Florian (1923-1914)
On March 17, 2014, our interview partner Reinhard Florian died at the age of 91.
View ArticleSeminar and exhibition "Beyond Memorialisation"
The public seminar "Beyond Memorialisation. Design for Conflict Heritage" on April 30, 2014 addresses new forms of monuments in Berlin, Norway and Italy. With this English-language workshop, the...
View ArticleNew: Testimony App for Android
The "Forced Labor" app by Berlin History Workshop with memories of witnesses is available for Android phones, too.
View ArticleExhibition "Forced Labor" in Prague
From July 1 until October 31, 2013, the international exhibition "Forced Labor. The Germans, the Forced Laborers and the war" is on display in the Castle of Prague.
View ArticleNew Language Versions of the Online Archive
From July 11, 2014 the online archive "Forced Labor 1939-1945" will be available in both English and Russian.
View ArticleInterview with Prof. Dr. Rob van der Laarse
In a new expert talk (in English) Prof. Dr. Rob van der Laarse reflects on war and memory in Europe an on his research field Heritage und Memory Studies.
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