Tschornobyl ist überall

In the organizer's words:

On April 26, 1986, the Chornobyl reactor accident shook the world. The extent of the human and ecological catastrophe shaped German society's awareness of the global risks of nuclear power. The slogan "Chernobyl is everywhere" became a symbol of the boundless danger posed by nuclear energy. On the 40th anniversary, the issue of nuclear safety has taken on a new and dramatic topicality as a result of Russian attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants and their military occupation.

The exhibition opens up two perspectives: one sheds light on the historical reactions of the West German green movement to the invisible threat through the photos and documents from that time from the Green Memory archive. The other explores the artistic examination of the memory of the epochal event in the light of the return of nuclear risk in the Russian war against Ukraine by means of a poster series by the Kharkiv design collective "4th block".

Both show how education, political action, remembrance and art make it possible to deal with nuclear danger: Communicating the threat remains the basis for further action.

The exhibition will be presented during the event 40 Years of Chernobyl. The history and its new present on 23.04.2026.