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Witness History: The Wehrmacht exhibition that shocked Germany

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The Wehrmacht exhibition that shocked Germany

04/05/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Wehrmacht exhibition that shocked Germany

An exhibition about the German army’s role in WW2 caused a scandal in 1995.

An exhibition about the role of the German army during the Second World War caused a scandal in 1995.

An exhibition about the role of the German army the Wehrmacht during the Second World War caused a scandal when it launched in Hamburg in March 1995. “War of Annihilation: Crimes of the Wehrmacht 1941-1944” was a key moment in Germany’s reassessment of its Nazi past – but it was highly controversial. Lucy Burns speaks to curator Hannes Heer.

Picture: Jewish forced labourers serving the Wehrmacht in Mogilev, Belarus, taken from the exhibition “War of Annihilation: Crimes of the Wehrmacht 1941 – 1944”

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