"Was hat das mit mir zu tun?" Die multimediale Dauerausstellung zur Mannheimer NS-Zeit
In the organizer's words:
What changes when a democracy is destroyed by a dictatorship? And how does democracy succeed again afterwards?
The multimedia and interactive permanent exhibition "What does this have to do with me?" at the MARCHIVUM tells the story of historical developments in Mannheim during the Nazi dictatorship. At the same time, it broadens the perspective to the before and after and focuses on the fates of both victims and perpetrators.
"What does this have to do with me?" poses questions about the how and why of our own history in order to develop an understanding of the fact that our free and democratic basic order cannot be taken for granted, but must always be defended by all of us against anti-democratic tendencies.
The beginning of the exhibition is dedicated to the Weimar Republic. The first German democracy guaranteed its citizens comprehensive rights to freedom and equality, but at the same time was heavily burdened and formed the breeding ground for the rise of the NSDAP to become a mass party.
The "seizure of power" in 1933 and the speed with which the Nazi dictatorship was established are presented using different, immersively staged biographies. The focus is on the marginalization and persecution of the Jewish population and other political and ideological opponents and the events on the "home front" in Mannheim during the Second World War.
Understanding history through multimedia
Impressive media installations focus, for example, on social conformity or the fates of individual emigrants. The victims of the Shoah are commemorated in a separate room. Digital timelines and in-depth stations in all exhibition chapters help to put the historical events into context.
Past. Present. Future
The end of the exhibition shows how the Nazi past is dealt with. A collection wall deals with Mannheim's post-war decades up to the present day, the interactive quiz "Democrady" invites visitors to enter into a dialog about democratic values, and visitors can literally inscribe themselves in the exhibition with the so-called MARCHIVUM declaration.
Special area bunker room
A bunker room as a special area forms the link between the exhibitions on the history of the city and the Nazi era. It is dedicated to the MARCHIVUM building and uses elaborate projection mapping to tell its story and that of the other bunkers in Mannheim from its beginnings to the present day.
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