Do not forget your name – The Children of Auschwitz
At least 232,000 infants, children and adolescents were deported to Auschwitz from all over Europe or were born there under unimaginable conditions. Only 650 survived. They bear the traces of suffering on body and soul. In the exhibition, life stories of children and adolescents who have survived Auschwitz are told on large-format panels.
Including: Kola, who is released as a two-year-old and for a long time can not believe that people can die without being murdered. Barbara, who was born in Auschwitz and was taken away from her mother in order to be checked for her "Germanizing ability" in the camp "Lebrechtsdorf" because she was blond and blue-eyed. Yehuda, who survived two death marches and, after being liberated, literally painted himself off with his pictures of Auschwitz.
An exhibition of the International Auschwitz Committee in cooperation with the Memorial of German Resistance. An exhibition by Alwin Meyer.
The NS-Documentation Center of the City of Cologne is probably the first institution worldwide to offer a 360-degree tour of the Memorial, the permanent exhibition and the temporary exhibition. Here you can visit the temporary exhibition »Do not forget your name – The Children of Auschwitz« online.
opening hours
Tue. through Fri. 10 am – 6 pm
Sat., Sun., public holidays 11 am – 6 pm
On the first Thursday of every month (except public holidays) the museum remains open until 10 pm
The exhibition at the National Socialism Documentation Center in Cologne in Germany will be presented until 23 February 2020
Ruth and Robert Büchler. As children deported to Auschwitz. Ruth did not survive.
© Archiv Alwin Meyer