Der Treck – Fotografien einer Flucht 1945
In the organizer's words:
Millions of Germans are on the run in the freezing cold at the beginning of 1945. On January 21, around 350 people fled from Lübchen in Lower Silesia from the approaching Red Army: mainly women, children and old people.
Among them: the photographers Hanns Tschira and Martha Maria Schmackeit, who document the refugee route. Within a month, the two professionals took around 140 photographs. This unique collection of images is being exhibited in its entirety for the first time at the Documentation Center.
How could this photo series have been taken in the first place? What do the pictures show about the flight in 1945 and what do they leave out? The curatorial team's research has made it clear that the photos can no longer be read as purely private images.
The exhibition has several levels. The focus is on the history of the trek from Lübchen and the arduous journey of the people to the West. At the same time, however, it deciphers how these particular images still shape our idea of flight and expulsion today.
And it is about what happened next: to the Germans who once had to flee their homeland and to the village of Lübchen, which has been called Lubów for three generations. New photographs by Thomas Meyer, who went in search of clues along the historic trek route, illustrate this.
Project management: Barbara Kurowska M.A. and Dr. Nils Köhler
Design: Marc Naroska
Duration: June 20, 2025 to January 18, 2026
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