Surrender 45
In the organizer's words:
Lüneburg in the focus of world attention
80 years ago, history was made not far from Lüneburg. On May 3 and 4, 1945, a German delegation met with British commanders in Villa Häcklingen and on the Timeloberg. The Germans signed the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht for northwest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
For a brief moment, Lüneburg became the focus of world attention. With this partial surrender, the military defeat of National Socialist Germany was officially acknowledged for the first time. This was followed a few days later by the complete surrenders in Reims and Berlin-Karlshorst - and thus the end of the Second World War in Europe.
The path to the end of the war
The exhibition follows the course of the surrender talks between the German delegation under Admiral General von Friedeburg and British Field Marshal Montgomery. Original photos, film footage and scenographic staging of the central locations make the historical events comprehensible and spatially tangible.
The media event
The world looked to the Lüneburg Heath. "Surrender in the Luneburg Heath" became the subject of worldwide reporting through press photos, news films and radio reports. The exhibition shows how Field Marshal Montgomery deliberately used the power of images to stage the act of surrender as a media event in awareness of the historic moment.
Forgotten places, lasting history
Today, hardly anything in Lüneburg reminds us of this historic moment. The British surrender memorial on Timeloberg now stands on the grounds of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and Villa Häcklingen no longer exists. Why have these places been forgotten? And how do we deal with the traces of these significant events today, 80 years after the end of the war and without the voices of contemporary witnesses?
Visit the exhibition and experience an important chapter of history at first hand.
This content has been machine translated.Location
The best event recommendations for the Rausgegangen App!
