Was heißt (hier) Befreiung? Zine-Workshop mit Eva Grütgen und Cegerxwun Köroglu

In the organizer's words:

In our workshop, we will take an artistic look at the experiences of people persecuted as Jewish who were deported to ghettos and concentration camps by the Nazis via the former Düsseldorf slaughterhouse:

Who were the people who were deported?

How did they experience liberation in 1945? What did liberation, return and a new beginning mean in concrete terms for the survivors in the post-war period?

What challenges shaped their lives during this time? What traces did they leave behind?

We work with biographical sources, for example with reports from contemporary witnesses such as Hilde Sherman - and with zines: self-made booklets in which you can express and present your own thoughts and creative approaches to the topic using collages, drawings, texts and photos. Zines are direct, individual, imperfect - and a strong way of making personal approaches tangible for other people. You don't need to bring anything - we come with materials: magazines to cut up, papers, watercolor and ink pens, typewriter, glue, ....

When: 6.9.2025, 11:30 - 15:00

Where? zakk, Fichtenstraße 40

40233 Düsseldorf

Participation from 15 years. Registration by email to eva.gruetgen@hs-duesseldorf.de or by WhatsApp to: 01735692367.

Cegerxwun and Eva from Erinnerungsort Alter Schlachthof will guide you through the workshop:

Cegerxwun is a social pedagogue and research assistant at the Alter Schlachthof place of remembrance. In his master's degree in "Culture, Aesthetics, Media" at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, he is specializing in the medium of photography in educational work.

Eva is a social pedagogue and leads the project "Was heißt (hier) Befreiung" at the Alter Schlachthof memorial site.

The workshop takes place as part of the Edelweisspiratenfestival.

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