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The Holocaust in Berlin
A temporary exhibition titled "Holocaust - Nazi Genocide and Motifs of its Remembrance" is open from January 17 through April 9 at the Deutsches Historisches Museum' in Berlin.
The occasion is the sixtieth anniversary of the Wannsee conference, at which the Nazis discussed the administrative and technical details of the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." The first part of the exhibition is devoted to prewar life and illustrates the high degree to which German Jews were assimilated. Numerous documents, photographs, and films present the radicalization of anti-Semitism and the road leading to persecution and genocide. The second part deals with the "Vergangenheitsbewältigung"-the way in which the Germans have dealt with the Nazi past.
On the occasion of the exhibition, the Museum lent numerous exhibits, illustrating the history of the tragic events in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, to Berlin. Memorial staff members Krystyna Oleksy, vice-director, and Teresa Swiebocka, head of the Department of Information, attended the opening.
