Opening

Opening: Disposing of Hitler. From the cellar to the museum

Time period

05. April at 11 a.m.

Hitler entsorgen, (c) hdgö
About the event

The Franzensfeste Fortress State Museum invites you to the opening of the exhibition ‘Disposing of Hitler. From the cellar to the museum’, organised by the House of Austrian History.

The exhibition poses the question of how we should deal with relics of National Socialism today – do they belong in a museum, should they be disposed of or sold? It encourages a debate about social responsibility in dealing with such remnants and sheds light on how these relics can strengthen democratic awareness.

In the Franzensfeste, the exhibition will be expanded to include a regional perspective on the effects of fascism and National Socialism on South Tyrol. In view of the global rise of nationalist and populist movements, this critical reflection is particularly important today.

Program

Greetings
Emanuel Valentin (Director Franzensfeste Fortress)

Podium discussion
Stefan Benedik (Head of Public History – Curating and Collecting, House of Austrian History, and curator of the exhibition “Disposing of Hitler: Out of the Cellar, Into the Museum”)

Andrea di Michele (Historian, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and curator of the section “Fascism and national socialism in South Tyrol” as part of the exhibition “Disposing of Hitler: Out of the Cellar, Into the Museum” at the Franzensfeste Fortress)

Hans Heiss (Historian and former member of the South Tyrolean Provincial Council)

Eva Pfanzelter (Historian, Institute for Contemporary History, University of Innsbruck)

Esther Strauß (Performance and language artist specialising in memory work and performative monuments)

Moderation
Sandra Mutschlechner (Projektleiterin der Sonderausstellung „Hitler entsorgen: Vom Keller ins Museum“ in der Festung Franzensfeste und Kuratorin des Bereichs „Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus in Südtirol“ | Project manager della mostra „Smaltire Hitler: Dalla cantina al museo“ presso il Forte di Fortezza“ e curatrice della sezione “Fascismo e nazionalsocialismo in Alto Adige”)

Music
Peter Burchia