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July 15th, 2010
Exhibition “the memories live on...” closed
“the memories live on...” - this year’s exhibition by the International Auschwitz Committee marking the 65th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz opened in Berlin at the German Resistance Memorial Center on January 21, 2010. The survivors of the concentration camps ask themselves: “What will remain of our memories, our descriptions, our efforts.”
“We had the opportunity to talk with the witnesses of the times,” say the trainees from Volkswagen Coaching and their Polish colleagues following talks with survivors and after looking carefully at the pictures by the unknown artist “MM” which were discovered in Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1947 and put on show at the exhibition for the very first time. And they are fully aware of their task: “Today, it is our responsibility now.”
The well-attended exhibition finally closed on July 15. We are taking the opportunity to present a selection of comments from our exhibition guest book.
"As a young college student from the states I have just completed a 3-week study abroad course on the history of the Holocaust; returning to Berlin and to this museum and see the resistance and the paintings from Auschwitz sews a fine cap-stone of my trip. The sentiment of "never again" is empty unless we constantly work to make it true. Fascism is not a museum curio, but a still existent threat. I have seen what I need to know how to help save my country; I enjoy you to save yours."
5.7.2010 – Nicholas Lake, California, USA
"Thank you for the interesting exhibition. These things can never be shown enough, let them be said again and again and again. So we will never forget and never repeat. To young people like me this seems unimaginable, but it happened, so we need to see and try to imagine it."
10.6.2010 – Linda, (the Netherlands)
"It is wonderful to see Germany has come to terms with its past and is prepared to learn the necessary lessons, the ones that allow it to maintain democracy and respect for mankind.
Japan still has some way to go. A wonderful exhibition of stories"16.5.2010 – Tim, Australia
"Bin sehr beeindruckt von der Ausstellung! Europa soll seine Freiheit und Demokratie schützen: Keine falsche Toleranz!"
7.4.2010 – Renata
"Diese Ausstellung hat mich mehr als nur berührt. Sie hat mich gefangen und wird eine lange Zeit nachwirken. Einige Plakate, Bilder und Texte. Zwei Räume. Dies genügt, um mich einzufangen, um meine Selbstbeherrschung auf eine harte Probe zu stellen. Insbesondere die Bilder. Das Blut, rötlich gemacht, auf einem der letzten Bilder, in Form eines Herzens. Unser Herz müssen wir uns erhalten, unser Mitleid darf nie enden. Das verspreche ich als "Nachfolgerin" im Gedenken an die Opfer des Holocaust."
18.3.2010 – Kristina Willmes, Münster, Deutschland
"Beeindruckende und wichtige Ausstellung zu diesen unsäglichen, staatlich angeordneten Verbrechen aus dem "Land der Dichter und Denker". Ich hoffe, die Menschen werden sich zum Positiven weiter entwickeln - auch dadurch, daß diese dunklen, abartigen Zeiten nicht vergessen werden. Jeder Schüler im Inland, aber auch im Ausland sollte dazu gebracht werden, daß zu diesen Verbrechen ...."was in Erinnerung bleibt", damit daraus etwas für den eigenen Lebensweg gelernt werden kann: Die Würde des Menschen ist wichtig!"
25.2.2010 – Nicolas Adolph, Lauterbach, Deutschland