This exhibition reveals the full story: from isolation to extermination, captured in a rich collection of photographs, many never before seen. The images, captured by both professional photographers and courageous amateurs, document the harrowing reality of raids, the introduction of the Star of David, hiding activities, and the roles of perpetrators and bystanders.Historians Erik Somers and René Kok searched dozens of archives at home and abroad for this exhibition and the book of the same name. Their work reveals the complexity and impact of anti-Jewish measures in the Netherlands during World War II.The photographs on display not only show the brutality of the German occupation, but also highlight the help given to people in hiding, the daily life of Jews at the time, and the aftermath of the war with the return of the few survivors from the camps.This exhibition, previously shown at the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, National Monument Kamp Vught and at Topographie des Terrors in Berlin, is a must-see for anyone interested in the history of World War II and the persecution of Jews.Visit the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bevrijdingsmuseumzeeland.nl/de-jodenvervolging-in-fotos-nederland-1940-1945/">Liberation Museum Zeeland</a> and be immersed in this powerful and educational experience

The Netherlands

The persecution of the Jews in photographs. Netherlands 1940-1945 - Liberation Museum Zeeland

Conférences au Cinéma Le Cercle à ORBEY:<ul><li>17/09/2024 : DE L’APPEL DU 18 JUIN 1940 DU GENERAL DE GAULLE A LA LIBERATION</li></ul>Mme Frédérique NEAU-DUFOUR, Historienne en charge des projets mémoriels du Grand-Est 8/10/2024 : LE SERMENT DE KOUFRA LIBERONS L’ALSACE 1939 – 1945Général Jean-Paul MICHEL, Président de la Fondation du Maréchal Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque<ul><li>12/11/2024 : LE MYTHE ENIGMA</li></ul>M. Edmond KERN, Conférencier du musée militaire MMPARK<ul><li>10/12/2024 : JOSEPHINE BAKER AU SERVICE DE LA FRANCE LIBRE</li></ul>Mme Stéphanie BODIN<ul><li>14/01/2025 : LES PLANEURS DE COMBAT</li></ul>M. Claude SCHMITT, conférencier du Musée Militaire MMPARK<ul><li>04/02/2025 : LA 1ERE ARMEE FRANCAISE</li></ul>M. Philippe DE LOISY, Président de la Fondation du Maréchal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny<ul><li>07/03/2025 : LES SOEURS DE GUERRE</li></ul>M. Eric KERSCH, conférencier du Musée Militaire MMPARK<ul><li>25/03/2025 : LA GENDARMERIE DURANT LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE : ENTRE OMBRE ET LUMIERE</li></ul>Général Hervé RENAUD<ul><li>29/04/2025 : LES RESISTANTES D'ALSACE-LORRAINE</li></ul>Mme Marie-José MASCONI, écrivaine, membre A.E.R.I.A, Présidente de AFMD du Bas-Rhin<ul><li>03/05/2025 : OPERATION SUSSEX FILM CONFERENCE</li></ul>M. Dominique SOULIER, conférencier du Musée Militaire MMPARK<ul><li>29/05/2025 : L'ALSACE A TOUT PRIX</li></ul>M. Jean PAILLOT, avocat et écrivain<ul><li>03/06/2025 : LES TAXIS CLANDESTINS VERS LA FRANE OCCUPEE</li></ul>M. Christian BOEHM, conférencier du Musée Militaire MMPARK<ul><li>03/06/2025 : L'OPERATION MARKET-GARDEN</li></ul>M. Jan KLEIJSSEN, conférencier du Musée Militaire MMPARK

France

Nous avons rendez-vous avec l'Histoire/ Pays Welche en Alsace/ 80e anniversaire de la Libération

After long years of absence of freedom Pilsen celebrated its 45th Anniversary of the liberation by the US Army in 1990 with the participation of the president Václav Havel and the US Ambassador in Prague Shirley Temple Black. Together with the living history clubs, the City of Pilsen preserves the tradition of celebrating the liberation, that is why the first days in May belong to the Liberation Festival. For this event, visitors from all around the world come to celebrate - with the citizens, American veterans, their family relative at present respectively – the freedom. Traditional parts of the celebrations are commemorative acts at the memorials of the American units participating in the liberation of the city, the unique display of vintage military vehicles Convoy of Liberty and the presentation of the living history clubs offering impressive interpretation of history with the period equipment and gear held on a year basis. The military history program is enhanced by culture show intended for the broad public with the participation of Czech and foreign performers.The Liberation Festival is unforgettable experience with its unique atmosphere remembering the contribution of the US Army to the liberation of Europe.

Czech Republic

Liberation Festival Pilsen - the liberation by the US Army

With the performance ‘We'll meet again’, singing trio The Forces Sweethearts reflects on 80 years of freedom in the Netherlands. Memories are brought to life thanks to beautiful stories and anecdotes from the time surrounding World War II. All this will be framed musically by music from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Think of the big hits by Vera Lynn, Doris Day and, of course, The Andrews Sisters. Do you remember them? ‘Bei mir bist du schon’, ‘Rum and coca cola’, ‘Those were the days’ and of course ‘We'll meet again’! Thanks to their beautiful three-part vocals, swinging dance moves and stylish outfits, The Forces Sweethearts will make this performance a feast of recognition and allow us to reflect together on this special milestone.

Theatre concert 'We'll meet again'- 80 years freedom

Ils se prénomment Joseph, Nicole, Paulette, Rémy, Marguerite, Janine…..
Ils étaient âgés de 12, 15, 18 ans, 20 ans….
Ils étaient à Saint-Aubin, Bernières, Courseulles,  Douvres-la-Délivrande, le 6 juin 1944, lorsque les soldats canadiens débarquèrent sur la zone de Juno Beach  pour les libérer de l’occupation allemande. Ils étaient aussi à Carpiquet en juillet 1944 lors des combats pour la prise de l’aéroport.

80 ans après, dans le cadre des cérémonies commémoratives du Débarquement, l’association « La semaine acadienne » et l’association « Mémoire collective de Carpiquet » leur consacrent une exposition, dans la partie ouest de la célèbre maison des Canadiens à Bernières-sur-Mer, rachetée récemment par la communauté de communes Cœur de Nacre. 

Mêlant portraits au crayon réalisés par Jacques Doll, lui même présent le Jour J, à partir de documents d’époque, photos actuelles de Bernadette Taupy ainsi que Maryvonne Lépine, et témoignages, elle donne l’image et la parole à ces 72  témoins qui  n’ont jamais oublié ces jours synonymes de libération, mais aussi de souffrance. 
Des témoignages d’autant plus précieux que, malheureusement, les voix de la plupart de ces  témoins se sont aujourd’hui éteintes.

"Ils ont vu le débarquement à Juno Beach et la libération de Carpiquet" / Festival la semaine acadienne

Nombreux sont les artistes, intellectuels et combattants qui aux prémices de la Seconde Guerre mondiale quittent leur pays pour différents exils. Qu’ils soient persécutés, juifs, opposants au fascisme et au nazisme, militants, responsables politiques, intellectuels ou artistes, français ou étrangers, ils se retrouvent sur le territoire métropolitain, point de départ vers une autre destination, fuyant l’Occupation et la France de Vichy pour l’exil.De Londres à Sydney, en passant par New York, Brazzaville, Buenos Aires, Cuba ou encore Alger, les visiteurs découvriront les parcours variés et les engagements courageux de nombreuses personnalités. Parmi elles, des figures marquantes comme René Cassin, Germaine Krull, André Masson, Wifredo Lam, Maria-Elena Vieira da Silva, Henry Valensi, Fernand Léger, Jean Hélion, Anna Marly, Micheline Rosenberg, Georges Duthuit, Jean Gabin, et bien d'autres.L’exposition souligne la persistance de la liberté d’action et de création, incarnée par l’esprit des Lumières, dans les territoires ralliés. Un «&nbsp;certain esprit français&nbsp;», défendu aussi par des artistes étrangers soutenant ces valeurs, comme le sculpteur et peintre américain Alexander Calder.La scénographie plongera le visiteur à partager les destins, les émotions, les luttes et les espoirs notamment à travers la reconstitution de deux lieux emblématiques de la France aux États-Unis&nbsp;: l’atelier New-yorkais du sculpteur Ossip Zadkine – exilé dès 1941 – véritable sanctuaire de créativité et de résistance, ainsi que la célèbre librairie new-yorkaise Gotham Books, à l’atmosphère vibrante où l’esprit français s’épanouissait en pleine guerre.Cette exposition s’inscrit dans le cadre des commémorations nationales des 80 ans de la Libération.<div data-youtube-video=""><iframe class="video" width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="false" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rX4hzGtB8VQ" start="0"></iframe></div>

Un exil combattant. Les artistes et la France 1939-1945 

‘Degenerate’ art: the trial of modern art under Nazism. ‘In particular, it examines the propaganda exhibition Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art), held in Munich in 1937, which showed over 700 works by around a hundred artists representing the different currents of modern art, from Otto Dix to Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, from Vassily Kandinsky to Emil Nolde, from Paul Klee to Max Beckmann, in a setting designed to provoke the visitor's disgust.Entartete Kunst’ was the culmination of a series of infamous exhibitions staged in several museums from 1933 onwards (Dresden, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, etc.) to denounce the artistic avant-garde as a threat to German “purity”, against the backdrop of a methodical “purge” of German collections. More than 20,000 works, including those by Vincent Van Gogh, Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso, who had been labelled a ‘degenerate’ artist in France and Germany since the 1920s, were withdrawn, sold or destroyed. At the heart of this history, the term ‘degeneracy’, which emerged in the nineteenth century in various disciplines (natural history, medicine, anthropology, art history, etc.) until it crystallised at the heart of the National Socialist ‘world view’, served as a vector for the deployment of racist and anti-Semitic theories within the history of art.

Degenerate Art: The Trial of Modern Art under Nazism

At the heart of the exhibition are the lives of six prisoners: Anton, Djajeng, Jane, Jules, Kam Hay, and Meta. Among them are Raden Mas Djajeng Pratomo and his wife Stennie Gret, who fought together against injustice, and the well-known Surinamese resistance fighter Anton de Kom. Also discover the lesser-known stories, such as that of the only Chinese person held in Camp Vught or a Russian chess enthusiast.One thing these six ‘main characters’ share with the other 32,000 prisoners of Camp Vught is that they were all imprisoned behind barbed wire during World War II. For who they were, what they believed, or what they thought, or simply because they did not fit into the ideal image of Nazi Germany. Using a personal item, such as a book or a sewing machine, you will follow the route the prisoners took, sometimes thousands of kilometers. From the perspective of the prisoner, you will listen to their life stories.The texts are in Dutch and English, as are the audio stories.

Exhibition ‘Crossroads Vught: 36 Nationalities Behind Barbed Wire’

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst is holding a discussion event to examine the significance of 8 May. The way in which this date is perceived and commemorated has changed over the decades – characterised by social, political and cultural developments. These changes not only influence the collective remembrance of the end of the war, but also the role of the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst.The event is focusing on the development of commemorative practices, the significance of the museum and the changing perspectives on the end of the war. What challenges arise today for a diverse culture of remembrance? And what impulses can the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst provide in the current debate?To attend the evening lecture, please register at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:kontakt@museum-karlshorst.de">kontakt@museum-karlshorst.de</a>. The number of places is limited.

Germany

The commemoration of 8 May. The changing role of the Berlin-Karlshorst Museum

Photo correspondents from the various Soviet republics captured the advance of the Red Army in pictures. In the exhibition, more than 50 photographs document this route at different sections of the front – from Karelia via Estonia and Lithuania, Belarus and the Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Serbia, East Prussia, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia to the east of the German Reich. They show destruction and human suffering, the Majdanek concentration and extermination camp liberated by the Red Army, the march of German prisoners of war through Moscow, as well as the successive ends of the war in Bucharest, Belgrade, Katowice, Budapest, Königsberg and Danzig.The photographs of the surrender of the Wehrmacht in Berlin-Karlshorst, the victory celebrations in Leningrad and Prague and the meeting of American and Soviet soldiers and officers mark the end of the Second World War in Europe in the exhibition.

The last year of the war. June 1944-May 1945 from the perspective of Soviet war photographers

The exhibition The Underground Camera is inspired by the celebrations of Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary and 80 years of liberation. With their photographs, The Underground Camera group made a significant contribution to the image of the Second World War. The photographers were recruited by members of the resistance, with the aim of informing the Dutch government in London. They worked independently and under the dangerous conditions of an occupied city, with hard-to-obtain, often poor-quality equipment. The exhibition provides an impressive picture of the consequences of hunger and cold in the dismantled Amsterdam at the end of the war.The group of photographers included Cas Oorthuys, Emmy Andriesse, Charles Breijer, Kryn Taconis, and Ad Windig, among others.The exhibition will be opened on Thursday 1&nbsp;May by the mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema. Join us from 17.30 until&nbsp;21.00 hrs for this celebratory event at Foam. Learn more: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.foam.org/events/opening-ondergedoken-camera">Opening The Underground Camera | Foam: all about photography</a>

The Underground Camera

A bicycle tour of around 15 kilometres follows this historic route. During an introduction at the starting point, participants can learn more about the history of the end of the war in Berlin at the time. A route map provides in-depth information on interesting points along the way.Start time: 10 amMeeting point: Platz der Luftbrücke 5 / forecourt of the former departure hall of Tempelhof AirportRegistration is required at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:kontakt@museum-karlshorst.de">kontakt@museum-karlshorst.de</a>. The number of participants is limited.

The persecution of the Jews in photographs. Netherlands 1940-1945 - Liberation Museum Zeeland

Nous avons rendez-vous avec l'Histoire/ Pays Welche en Alsace/ 80e anniversaire de la Libération

Liberation Festival Pilsen - the liberation by the US Army

Theatre concert 'We'll meet again'- 80 years freedom

"Ils ont vu le débarquement à Juno Beach et la libération de Carpiquet" / Festival la semaine acadienne

Un exil combattant. Les artistes et la France 1939-1945

Degenerate Art: The Trial of Modern Art under Nazism

Exhibition ‘Crossroads Vught: 36 Nationalities Behind Barbed Wire’

Das Gedenken zum 8. Mai. Die Rolle des Museums Berlin-Karlshorst im Wandel

Das letzte Kriegsjahr. Juni 1944–Mai 1945 aus der Perspektive sowjetischer Kriegsfotografen

The Underground Camera

Von Tempelhof nach Karlshorst: Historische Fahrradtour zum Ort der Kapitulation am 8. Mai 1945

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The persecution of the Jews in photographs. Netherlands 1940-1945 - Liberation Museum Zeeland

Nous avons rendez-vous avec l'Histoire/ Pays Welche en Alsace/ 80e anniversaire de la Libération

Liberation Festival Pilsen - the liberation by the US Army

Theatre concert 'We'll meet again'- 80 years freedom

"Ils ont vu le débarquement à Juno Beach et la libération de Carpiquet" / Festival la semaine acadienne

Un exil combattant. Les artistes et la France 1939-1945

Degenerate Art: The Trial of Modern Art under Nazism

Exhibition ‘Crossroads Vught: 36 Nationalities Behind Barbed Wire’

Das Gedenken zum 8. Mai. Die Rolle des Museums Berlin-Karlshorst im Wandel

Das letzte Kriegsjahr. Juni 1944–Mai 1945 aus der Perspektive sowjetischer Kriegsfotografen

The Underground Camera

Von Tempelhof nach Karlshorst: Historische Fahrradtour zum Ort der Kapitulation am 8. Mai 1945

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