Der Warschauer Aufstand 1944. Ausstellung

In the organizer's words:

Duration: October 30, 2024 to March 31, 2025

The exhibition shows the dramatic fate of Warsaw - a city that was affected by the brutality of the German extermination machinery more than almost any other during the Second World War. It begins with a presentation of Warsaw in the pre-war period; the following sections show occupied Warsaw - the German policy towards the Polish population, including its Jewish fellow citizens, the decisions of the Nazi state, the street terror, the creation of the ghetto, the living conditions and the cultural activities that developed under extreme conditions. Warsaw is also presented as the capital of the Polish underground state: its structures, the administration, the media, the education system, the Żegota (Polish Council for the Support of Jews, the only state organization of its kind in Europe during the Second World War). The military and the actions of the Home Army are also presented.

The highlight of the exhibition is the Warsaw Uprising in all its complexity. At the end of this section, the film "City of Ruins" is shown, which depicts the obliterated and destroyed Warsaw. The last part of the exhibition is dedicated to the reborn city, a phenomenon of post-war reconstruction, which rises from the ruins and is now a modern and dynamic metropolis.

A comprehensive exhibition catalog is available free of charge as well as an educational guide. Further information can be found on our website at www.g-h-h.de.

The events in the supporting program can also be found on our website and on the event portals and are marked accordingly.

A joint event of the Gerhart Hauptmann House Foundation, the Polish Institute Düsseldorf, the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, the City of Düsseldorf, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Warsaw Rising Museum in Warsaw and the City of Warsaw. As part of Warsaw Week 2024 to mark the 35th anniversary of the city partnership between Düsseldorf and Warsaw. With the kind support of the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation and the "Tracks of Memory" project of the Jewish Community of Düsseldorf.

The educational handout was created in cooperation with the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising and the Pilecki Institute Berlin.