Sowjetische Kriegsgräber im Toten Winkel der Erinnerungskultur

In the organizer's words:

Knowledge about Soviet prisoners of war and forced laborers in Siegburg is thin on the ground, as the death certificates issued in 1944 or 1945 make clear. In the Federal Republic of Germany, this group of victims was underrepresented in public remembrance for decades, the discussion of the suffering of the so-called "Eastern workers" was undesirable or simply ignored. It was only with the end of the Cold War that this perception gradually changed. Just how difficult it is to document the injustice is shown in the lecture, which documents the extensive research work on the brochure "Dem Vergessen entrissen. The Soviet graves at the North Cemetery" by the city archives.

Speaker: Jessica Riffel, Siegburg City Archive