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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

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Teacher Training at Freie Universität Berlin

February, 10: Presentation of new educational material at teachers' training

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Oral History Interviews in the Classroom

New multimedia teaching material available

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New 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.

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Teacher Training Celle

June 1: Presentation of new educational material at teachers' training together with Bergen-Belsen Memorial

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Remembering June 22, 1941

German Attack on Sovjet Union. Video clip from three testimonies

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Exhibition "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".

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Exhibition "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...

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Obituary Helena Bohle-Szacki

On August 21, 2011, our interview partner Helena Bohle-Szacki passed away, at the age of 83.

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Workshop 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.

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Voices of the Victims at the Site of the Perpetrators

Cooperation Agreement between Freie Universität Berlin and Topography of Terror Documentation Center

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"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?

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Award 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"

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New 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

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Conference 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"....

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Workshop Oberhausen

November 24 - 26, 2011: Presentation of educational material at workshop in North Rhine Westphalia

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With Stamp and Signature

Documents on Nazi Forced Labor - A Digital Workshop for Interpreting Historical Sources

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Testifying 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...

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New 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).

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70 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"

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Conference "Remembering Forced Labor. Audio and Video Testimonies in the...

October, 4th – 6th 2012 at Freie Universität Berlin

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Second 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...

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Obituary Claudio Sommaruga

On November 4, 2012, our interview partner Claudio Sommaruga died at the age of 92.

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Exhibition "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.

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New 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.

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Continuing 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".

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Forced Labor. The Testimony App by Berlin History Workshop

The smartphone app "Forced Labor" by Berlin History Workshop provides access to the memories of  witnesses.

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New 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.

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Summer 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."

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Project 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,...

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Testifying 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.

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Conference 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.

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New Feature: User Annotations

From now on, archive users can write comments on interview sequences and thus improve the online archive.

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Interview with Ralph Giordano

In a new expert interview, the publicist Ralph Giordano reflects on the examination of National Socalism in Germany then and now.

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Book Launch and Discussion "Remembering Forced Labor. Audio and Video...

Tuesday, March 24, 2014 - 7 pmGerman Historical MuseumAuditorium (Pei-Building)Unter den Linden 210117 Berlin

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Colloquium "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

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Obituary Reinhard Florian (1923-1914)

On March 17, 2014, our interview partner Reinhard Florian died at the age of 91.

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Seminar 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...

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New: Testimony App for Android

The "Forced Labor" app by Berlin History Workshop with memories of  witnesses is available for Android phones, too.

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Exhibition "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.

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New 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.

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Interview 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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