Disposing of Hitler. Out oft he cellar, into the museum

The Franzensfeste Fortress State Museum is showing the exhibition ‘Disposing of Hitler. From the cellar to the museum’, which was conceived by the House of Austrian History.

What to do with the remnants of National Socialism? Do they belong in a museum? Should they be disposed of? Is it justifiable to sell them at the flea market or on the Internet? The exhibition ‘Disposing of Hitler’ asks about social responsibility in dealing with relics of National Socialism and looks at how these things can strengthen democratic awareness in the present.

In the Franzensfeste, the exhibition is expanded to include a regional perspective and is dedicated to objects and stories from South Tyrol, which was under the influence of two dictatorships – fascism and National Socialism. In view of the global rise of nationalist, populist movements, a critical examination of these is essential.