Neu-Westend (Projekt Art Works!)

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A video by/ein Film von Nora Richter
Photography, interview, text, editing: Nora Richter, Katja Pratschke
Source for research: The German Resistance Memorial Center

"Rote Kapelle" was a search and collection name of the Gestapo and radio defense corps in the Wehrmacht, which the latter used since the beginning of the war against the Soviet Union for Nazi opponents with suspected or actual radio contacts to the Soviet Union.

The network included up to 400 women and men of different political world views and social backgrounds, artists, intellectuals, civil servants, military, students, workers, doctor. They initially met and acted independently of each other in smaller groups and circles of friends.

The contact with Moscow was the fate of the resistance group. In the summer of 1942 the German military defence intercepted a Soviet radio message, in which Harro Schulze-Boysen was given clear names. Between August 1942 and spring 1943, the Gestapo arrested 126 alleged collaborators whom it attributed to the group. They were sentenced to death or to high prison sentences for "espionage", "preparation for high treason" or "favouring the enemy".

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I am currently a student at the University of Potsdam. I study history and cultural studies.
The so-called limited presence emergency operation is now being introduced at the University of Potsdam. First of all, this means that the start of the study has been postponed. And when it starts, probably in late April, it will begin digitally.How the courses will take place will change radically. Everything will probably be more in writing. You will be less able to communicate directly with each other. It will definitely be more difficult.

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The project ART WORKS! European Culture of Resistance and Liberation, initiated by the Austrian association HASENHERZ and Foundation wannseeFORUM Berlin, and located at the intersection of artistic, cultural and historical-political youth education aims to celebrate this occasion. Youth groups from the Center of Contemporary History Melk in cooperation with FH St. Pölten (Austria), the MSU Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb (Croatia), the Foundation wannseeFORUM Berlin (Germany), and Museion Bolzano (Italy) participate in an online youth encounter.

Art Works! is made possible by the generous support of: erasmus+/jugend in Aktion; Senate Administration for Education, Youth and Family Berlin; National Fund of the Republic of Austria, Future Fund of the Republic of Austria, KiöR Art in Public Space Lower Austria and the Viertelfestival Lower Austria.

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