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

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>

France

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

The relationship between love and war is intimate and as old as mankind. Under the threat of death, life and love are experienced much more intensely. World War II affected the love life of a whole generation of people. They - as always - got butterflies in their stomachs: in the air-raid shelter, in hiding, at the front or simply on the streets. The 'Love in wartime' exhibition, from 5 June 2024 to 30 March 2025, shows how people found each other under difficult circumstances. And how feelings can overcome everything. After all, what is 'right' or 'wrong' in love? In the 'Love in Wartime' exhibition, we see war from its most intimate, human side. From a boy who met his first boyfriend during forced labour in Germany to a newly married couple who survived Auschwitz, always looking for a sign that the other was still alive. These personal love stories often had major consequences, such as: the journey of thousands of wartime brides to and from the Netherlands, the at least as many children fathered by an Allied or German soldier, the persecution of homosexuals and large-scale paid love in the war years. Behind special curtains, adults can even peek into stories about wartime sex and admire vibrators from the 1940s.Love in Wartime is a unique exhibition that immerses visitors in the atmosphere of a cosy 1940s street with fully historically decorated rooms on either side. Behind one door is a living room, behind the other a hiding place or a café celebrating the liberation. This makes the exhibition an adventurous experience for young and old. The exhibition 'Love in wartime' is inspired by Steffie van den Oord's book of the same name, available in new print from 4 June 2024.The Freedom Museum shows the passionate story of love with unique masterpieces such as sheet music, diaries, love letters and wedding dresses. An intimate exhibition with never-before-seen material that will make your heart beat faster!

Love in Wartime

<h4 style="text-align: start">Bicycle tour: From Tempelhof Airport to Karlshorst – The Allies’ route to the signing of the capitulation</h4>On 8 May 1945, the delegations of the victorious powers and the German Wehrmacht landed at Tempelhof Airport to sign the surrender. From there, they travelled through the destroyed city of Berlin to the eastern district of Karlshorst. The surrender was to take place in the Soviet headquarters, a former Wehrmacht officers’ mess.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.<h4 style="text-align: start">Opening of the photo exhibition ‘The last year of the war. June 1944-May 1945 from the perspective of Soviet war photographers’ 11 am</h4>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.<h4 style="text-align: start">Commented film screening in the cinema – The signing of the capitulation in historical film footage 12.30 pm / 3.30 pm / 5 pm</h4>Correspondents from various countries reported on the signing of the capitulation on 8 May in Berlin-Karlshorst. The journalistic documentation of the day using photos and film footage is rich in detail. It begins, for example, with the arrival of the delegations of the victorious powers at Tempelhof Airport or accompanies their journey to Karlshorst through the destroyed city of Berlin.<h4 style="text-align: start">Short guided tours on the historic site of the surrender on 8 May 1945</h4>Guided tours in German: 10 am / 11 am / 2.30 pm / 4.30 pm / 6 pm Guided tours in English: 1 pm / 3.30 pm / 5.30 pm Guided tour in Russian: 12 noon / 3 pm / 5 pm Guided tour in Ukrainian: 2 pm / 4 pmIt is not necessary to book in advance to take part in the guided tour.<h4 style="text-align: start">New presentation of the exhibition ‘The German surrender in May 1945’ 10 am – 7 pm</h4>To mark the 80th anniversary, the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst has revised the special exhibition ‘The German Surrender in May 1945’. It is being presented in a new form in the museum garden. It examines the historical events surrounding the end of the war in Europe and Germany’s unconditional surrender.<h4 style="text-align: start">Opinions on the tank memorial – talks with museum staff on the history and meaning of Soviet monuments 10 am – 6 pm</h4>The tank memorial on the grounds of the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst is one of many Soviet monuments in Germany. Their role and perception today is multifaceted. In conversation with museum staff, visitors have the opportunity to discuss the role of such monuments in the European culture of remembrance and learn about different perspectives.<h4 style="text-align: start">Reading café – The end of the war in Europe in international newspapers 10 am -6.30 pm</h4>The news of the capitulation of the German Reich travelled around the world. Historical newspapers and magazines bear witness to this event. In the reading café – in the museum’s winter garden – visitors are invited to look through international press products over coffee and cake.<h4 style="text-align: start">Evening event: The commemoration of 8 May. The changing role of the Berlin-Karlshorst Museum 7 pm</h4>With: Prof Dr Thomas Sandkühler (Humboldt University of Berlin) Dr Gintarė Malinauskaitė (Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius) Dr Jörg Morré (Museum Berlin-Karlshorst) Moderation: Ingo Hoppe (radio journalist, Berlin)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

80 years – End of the Second World War in Europe

Poland

Gedenktag an der Festung Kostrzyn 

The event at BERLIN GLOBAL is dedicated to the diverse forms of remembering and forgetting. Through a lecture, film, and reading, artist Anna Krenz, activist Margitta Steinbach, and cabaret performer Sigrid Grajek explore visible and invisible biographies and fates, focusing on both individual and collective perspectives. In a concluding discussion between Anna Krenz, Margitta Steinbach, Sigrid Grajek, Raimund Wolfert (Magnus Hirschfeld Society), and moderator Shelly Kupferberg, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and share your thoughts. The evening is conceived as a collection of impulses – independent and standing side by side. We warmly invite you to be part of this mosaic of remembrance. Author and journalist Shelly Kupferberg will guide you through the evening.

In/visible! 80 Years after World War II

Moment 1: Commemorating and celebrating the liberation of the southern Netherlands12 September marks the start of the national celebration of 80 years of freedom. On this day in 1944, the liberation of the Netherlands began in Mesch in Limburg. Zeeland, Brabant and part of Gelderland soon followed. The liberation was accompanied by fierce fighting, many casualties and a winter of famine. Eventually, the whole of the Netherlands was liberated on 5 May 1945. A few months later, on 15 August of that same year, World War II came to an end in what was then the Dutch East Indies and thus the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 2024 and 2025, we will celebrate and commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands and the fact that we have been living in freedom since the end of World War II.&nbsp;Moment 2: Commemorating the HolocaustDuring World War II (1940-1945), the Nazis murdered nearly 6 million Jews. They also persecuted and murdered Roma and Sinti, Jehovah’s Witnesses, people with physical or mental disabilities, homosexuals and political opponents. In January, we reflect on these victims.&nbsp;We commemorate their persecution and murder 80 years ago. We will do so on 26 January, during the National Holocaust Remembrance Day in Amsterdam, as well as on other occasions.&nbsp;Moment 3: Commemorating and celebrating the liberation of the east and north of the NetherlandsEighty years ago, in April 1945, allied soldiers advanced towards the north and east of the Netherlands to also liberate the provinces of South Holland, North Holland, Utrecht, Overijssel, Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen. While the south of the Netherlands had already been liberated, the occupied part of the country had to endure a long, hard winter of famine. Partly with the help of the resistance, mainly Canadian soldiers managed to liberate large parts of the country.&nbsp;Moment 4: National Remembrance and Liberation Celebration on 4 and 5 MayEvey year during the National Remembrance Day on 4 May, we remember the victims of World War II and of war situations and peacekeeping operations thereafter. At 8pm, there will be a 2-minute moment of silence throughout the Netherlands. On 5 May, we celebrate the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945 and the fact that we have been living in freedom ever since.&nbsp;On that day, we also reflect on the value of freedom, democracy and human rights.&nbsp;Moment 5: Commemorating and celebrating the end of World War IIOn 15 August, we remember the end of World War II for the Kingdom of the Netherlands and commemorate all the victims of the war against Japan and the Japanese occupation of the then Dutch East Indies. These wartime experiences and the large-scale displacement that followed after liberation continue to affect our society to this day.

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

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

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

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

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

Liberation Festival Pilsen - the liberation by the US Army

L’art « dégénéré » : Le procès de l’art moderne sous le nazisme

Love in Wartime

80 years – End of the Second World War in Europe

Gedenktag an der Festung Kostrzyn

In/visible! 80 Years after World War II

80 years of freedom in 5 moments

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

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

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

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

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

Liberation Festival Pilsen - the liberation by the US Army

L’art « dégénéré » : Le procès de l’art moderne sous le nazisme

Love in Wartime

80 years – End of the Second World War in Europe

Gedenktag an der Festung Kostrzyn

In/visible! 80 Years after World War II

80 years of freedom in 5 moments

Inscrivez votre événement sur Europe Remembers