Berlin exhibition investigates post-WWII Europe
- 9 years ago
How did Europe deal with post-war life?
That’s the question a new exhibition in Berlin tries to answer.
Coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, the show focuses on the aftermath of World War Two in 12 different countries.
Central questions are: “What was the state of these countries after the war? What kind of problems did the countries face? And how did the people confront what happened during the war?
“For us, it was important to show what was specific to each country. What were the challenges in these post-war years for countries like the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union or Poland. How did the problems they faced differ but also what were the similarities? For example, in the way they dealt with collaborators and presumed collaborators,” says Maja Peers, co-curator of the exhibition.
The exhibition shows how countries reacted differently, with artifacts ranging from a Dutch poster demanding quick punishment for Nazi collaborators to
That’s the question a new exhibition in Berlin tries to answer.
Coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, the show focuses on the aftermath of World War Two in 12 different countries.
Central questions are: “What was the state of these countries after the war? What kind of problems did the countries face? And how did the people confront what happened during the war?
“For us, it was important to show what was specific to each country. What were the challenges in these post-war years for countries like the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union or Poland. How did the problems they faced differ but also what were the similarities? For example, in the way they dealt with collaborators and presumed collaborators,” says Maja Peers, co-curator of the exhibition.
The exhibition shows how countries reacted differently, with artifacts ranging from a Dutch poster demanding quick punishment for Nazi collaborators to