German Resistance Memorial Center Exhibition
Crucifix and Swastika. Ecclesiastical Architecture and Art in National Socialism
An exhibition by the Berliner Forum für Geschichte und Gegenwart e.V.
How is the influence of National Socialist ideology expressed in the design of churches built after Hitler came to power? What do surviving artistic and architectural artifacts tell us about the Church’s susceptibility at that time to racism, the propaganda of the “national community,” and the cult of the dead?
The exhibition documents the Martin Luther Memorial Church in Berlin-Mariendorf and ten other churches in Germany, built or refurbished after 1933. The interior of the Martin Luther Memorial Church interweaves National Socialist and Christian motifs. The other churches display a broad range of Nazi-specific forms of expression in their art and architecture.
The exhibition was designed by Prof. Stefanie Endlich, Monica Geyler-von Bernus, and Beate Rossié. It has been organized by the Berliner Forum für Geschichte und Gegenwart e.V., with particular support from the German Resistance Memorial Center and the Ausstellungshaus für christliche Kunst e.V. in Munich. It is also supported by the organizations Aktives Museum and Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie e.V. The exhibition is on display in the German Resistance Memorial Center from April 18, 2008 to July 12, 2008, before moving on to other sites including Munich and Hamburg.
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Thurs: 9 am – 8 pm
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We reserve the right to make changes without notice. For further information, please call: +49 (0)30/26 99 50 - 00.
