Im Abgrund – Terror, Gewalt und die Künste in Deutschland 1930 bis nach 2000

In the organizer's words:

In the Abyss - Terror, Violence and the Arts in Germany 1930 to after 2000

An exhibition about remembering with the means of art

Experience an impressive exhibition about art, memory and humanity.
"In the Abyss" shows over 75 works that make terror, violence and hope in German history visible - from the Nazi era to the present day.

How do we remember terror and violence - and what can art contribute?
The exhibition "In the Abyss" at PARABEL Hamburg invites visitors to engage with the history of the 20th century - through the eyes of artists who experienced, survived or later reflected on it.

More than 75 works show how artistic forms of expression unfold in the field of tension between trauma, resistance and empathy.
On display are works from the Maike Bruhns Foundation, the Neuengamme Memorial, the Graphothek of the Nordkirche, the Altona Museum (cycle by Max Weiss, Ghetto Theresienstadt) as well as works on loan from Christoph Krämer and Robert Schneider.

The exhibition is organized thematically and historically and spans an arc from the years of National Socialism through the post-war period to the present day.
It asks how injustice can be depicted, what responsibility we bear today and whether art can awaken empathy where words fail.
Curator Dr. Maike Bruhns emphasizes that it is about "liberation from the excesses of violence, the role of art and the possibilities of formal representation and empathy". Hamburg also plays a central role in "Im Abgrund".
People were deported from here - from streets that we know today: Moorweidenstraße, Grindelhof, Schanze.
The works are reminiscent of these places - and of the people who disappeared from them. The occasion for the exhibition is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp (2025).
"In the Abyss" is an artistic contribution to remembrance - and a wake-up call for our time. Because what was is not past.

Opening hours:
Friday: 14:00 - 18:00, Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 - 18:00,