Abgeschoben und fremdbestimmt oder frech und frei?

In the organizer's words:

We talk about continuities of exclusion from 1945 until today.

Current studies show: Many people do not know that disabled and mentally ill people were systematically murdered under National Socialism. Even less is known about the conditions in care facilities and sanatoriums after 1945, because even for the surviving patients in the state sanatoriums, the military liberation of the Allies was not a zero hour - the majority of the staff were not dismissed, the conditions remained inhumane and it was long impossible to come to terms with the murder of the disabled and sick.

But the discrimination and social segregation of disabled, neurodivergent and mentally ill people is still present today - 80 years after the end of the war. That is why we ask: What has really changed since 1945 - and what hasn't?

To kick off the event on November 7, we will be showing an excerpt from the documentary film "The Alsterdorf Passion" by Bertram Rotermund and Rudolf Simon, which traces the history of the Alsterdorf institutions up to the 1980s. Afterwards, Hamburg author, activist and co-founder of the cripple movement Udo Sierck will present his new book "Frech und frei. 50 Jahre Kämpfe der Behindertenbewegung" (Association A, 2025), followed by a discussion with the Verein Münchner Psychiatrie-Erfahrene about the current challenges facing disabled and sick people.

Price information:

15 € / all U30: 10 €