„Der Warschauer Aufstand 1944“ - Ausstellungseröffnung

In the organizer's words:

"The Warsaw Uprising 1944 "

Exhibition opening

The exhibition shows the dramatic fate of Warsaw - a city that was affected by the brutality of the German extermination machinery like hardly any other during the Second World War. It begins with a presentation of Warsaw in the pre-war period; the following sections show occupied Warsaw - the German policy towards the Polish population, including its Jewish fellow citizens, the decisions of the Nazi state, the street terror, the creation of the ghetto, the living conditions and the cultural activities that developed under extreme conditions. Warsaw is also presented as the capital of the Polish underground state, its structures, administration, media, education, Żegota (Polish Council for the Support of Jews, the only state organization of its kind in Europe during the Second World War). The military and the actions carried out by the Home Army are also on display. The highlight of the exhibition is the Warsaw Uprising in all its complexity. At the end of this section, the film "City of Ruins" is shown, which depicts the obliterated and destroyed Warsaw. The last part of the exhibition shows the reborn city, a phenomenon of post-war reconstruction, which rises from the ruins and is now a modern and dynamic metropolis.

Date : October 30, 2024
When: Opening of the exhibition at 6 pm
Where: Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus, Bismarckstraße 90, 40210 Düsseldorf
Exhibition period: October 30, 2024 - March 31, 2025 during the opening hours of the GHH
Free admission.

Organizer: State Capital Düsseldorf, State Chancellery NRW, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus, Warsaw Rising Museum, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Polish Institute Düsseldorf and the City of Warsaw.