The first exhibition in Germany and Greece dedicated to the subject of the forced labor of Greek Jews during the German occupation.
The starting point of the exhibition is the photographic collection of a German civil engineer who had served in Greece during the Second World War. Andreas Assaël, himself the son of a survivor from Thessaloniki, located and purchased this unique collection of photographs at a flea market in Munich in 2002.
The innovative and participatory exhibition presents the events of the time and the extremely harsh working conditions in Karya. Most of the Jewish forced laborers were murdered at Auschwitz in August 1943. Eight biographies of victims and survivors are at the center of the exhibition. Two versions of the exhibition are presented simultaneously in Greece and Germany.
Today, Karya is an abandoned stop on a disused railway line in Fthiotida in Central Greece. In 1943, Jews from Thessaloniki were forced to build a bypass line for Wehrmacht trains at this location. Living conditions were miserable and few survived.
A small exhibition is presented at the same time at the Jewish Museum of Greece with exhibition material and information about the program.
WORKING HOURS:
17/10/2024 - 16/02/2025
Opening: 16/09//2024, time 20:00
The exhibition is open during museum opening days & hours.
SOURCE: BENAKIS MUSEUM
