Geschichte sichtbar machen: NS-Massaker in Italien

In the organizer's words:

Annika Duin and Aiko Hillen present the research project "The massacres in occupied Italy (1943-1945) in the memory of the perpetrators" at "Wissenschaft im Rathaus", which is based at the University of Cologne under the direction of Dr. Carlo Gentile.

The massacres committed during the German occupation of Italy between 1943 and 1945 are still a little-noticed chapter in German-Italian history. For a long time, it was almost impossible for the descendants of the victims to obtain information about the perpetrators. In Italy, this led to the so-called "memoria divisa": those affected often attributed responsibility for the massacres to other Italians.

In Germany, the myth of the "clean" Wehrmacht and therefore also of the Wehrmacht's "clean" war in Italy developed in parallel. Numerous perpetrators lived unmolested in Germany after the war and were never brought to justice.

The project "The massacres in occupied Italy (1943-1945) in the memory of the perpetrators", led by Dr. Carlo Gentile, aims to contribute to the clarification of these crimes in order to present them to the public in a differentiated way after many years of silence on both sides.

Further information on the project can be found at: https://www.ns-taeter-italien.org/de/)

The event will take place in the Europasaal of the Town Hall (Spanish Building). Registration under this link.