The Exhibition
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The Girls of Room 28, L 410, Theresienstadt
Curator: © Hannelore Brenner, Berlin 2004
The richly illustrated exhibition has been created to further the girls of Room 28’s desire to tell the story of their friends and their childhood during the Nazi regime to the young generation. It illustrates their story using original documents and echoes of young lives – traces both of lives lost as well as from those who survived. Since its first opening in 2004 in Schwerin/Germany it was on display all over Germany and abroad - there is a Czech, a French and an English version.
In January 2008 the exhibition was part of the official commemorations for the victims of National Socialism and on display in the German Federal Parliament in Berlin. It contributed a reconstruction of ‘Room 28’ (photo). This new element gave rise to the wish to find a permanent home for the legacy of these women. You can help to achieve this aim.
The exhibition’s focus is the everyday life of these girls in Theresienstadt, life that contained the seeds of the impending tragedy.
At the same time it reveals the story of a remarkable little community, and of the power of art, music, friendship and education. And since the story of these girls is intrinsically tied to the Theresienstadt performances of Brundibár, it also tells the story behind this lovely children’s opera.
At the same time it reveals the story of a remarkable little community, and of the power of art, music, friendship and education. And since the story of these girls is intrinsically tied to the Theresienstadt performances of Brundibár, it also tells the story behind this lovely children’s opera.
The Exhibition is available in English, French, Czech and German.
