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Vernissage of the exhibition: "Hirschhagen. Forgotten memories"
On Thursday, February 14, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a vernissage of the exhibition "Hirschhagen. Forgotten Memories" will be held at KAZ at KUBA. The two-week exhibition will be opened by Nora Sternfeld (documenta professor) and the students of the project.
In what is now Hirschhagen, a town southeast of Kassel, the Hessisch Lichtenau explosives factory began operations in 1938 in the middle of the Kaufunger Forest under the code name Friedland. Until March 1945, thousands of Nazi forced laborers were forced here to produce TNT and picric acid; many died as a result of the inhumane living conditions and explosives accidents. Even today, 70 years after the Nazi tyranny, traces and relics of this time are still present and the handling of the place and objects of this time in unclear.
In the winter semester 2017/18, students of the Faculty 6 of the University of Kassel have dealt with the complex site, the structural traces and the topic of landscape architectural design of memorial sites as part of a project. The results of the project are now being presented in an exhibition and put up for discussion.