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21st of August to the 30th of October
"Worthless Life - Destroyed Lives"
An exhibition from the Union of „Euthanasia“ – The Incorporated Society of the Aggrieved and Forcefully Sterilized
The exhibition „Worthless Life - Destroyed Lives“ documents via texts and pictures the fate of those who were forcefully mutilated or murdered during the National Socialist euthanasia programs. It focuses on the „Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring“ which took place in 1933 and the euthanasia programs which were implemented during 1939.
It shows how the selection process was used as a political instrument in order to sterlize the mental ill and the physically sick. Individuals who stood out or did not wish to conform to the political system, were also targetted for sterilization. After 1939 about 300.000 people were sent to medical institutions where they were gassed, recieved lethal injections or were purposely starved to death.
400.000 people alone underwent sterilization of which 5000 women and 600 men died due to the results of mutilation.
One of the main focuses of the exhibition is the fate of the children of the murdered patients. Deeply traumatized, many were sterilized and sent to orphanages or „Conformation Familes“.
The exhibition documents the reparation history of the survivors, revealing how stigmatization and discrimination continued in the Federal Republic after 1945 and the difficulties that recieving compensation and rehabilition entailed.
The exhibition will be opened on the 20th of August at 07:00 pm. In order to honor the occasion Margret Hamm, the executive head of the Union of „Euthanasia - The Incorporated Society of the Aggrieved and Forcefully Sterilized“ , will give an opening speech.
5th of July to the 16th of August 2009
"Klaus Staeck: I want to make clear"
An Exhibition by the Documentation Centre Prora
Klaus Staeck - Who has never heard of him and his famous posters? “German Workers! The SPD wants to take away your villas in Tessin!”, was the warning that went out to the German voters in 1972 during the Bundestag Campaign. “The rented item is to be handled gently and returned in good condition”, was the motive in 1983, in regards to our levitating planet.
Klaus Staeck worked against the Zeitgeist. His posters have often become a symbol of the social situation and problems of the time. His poster for the “German Bankers Club” from 1997 reveals how relevant his work is to this day, and is rightfully the main poster for the exhibition. What was considered over exaggerated a couple of years ago, has become a reality in the current financial crisis.
The documentation centre Prora shows 100 posters by the president of the Berlin Academy of Art. It does not only wish to celebrate a retrospective but also reintroduce the political message of the artist Klaus Staeck into the mainstream.
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