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„weiterwirken | Frauen im Widerstand“ is dedicated to the often overlooked life stories of women from Bochum who offered resistance during the National Socialist era – politically, civically, culturally and mostly in secret.
In an installation, images and texts, we make female resistance visible, memories are brought to life in an animated film and local resistance stories are told from a current perspective.
Else Hirsch -With courage and dedication
In the animated film of the same name, artist Lui Kohlmann traces the story of Else Hirsch: Else Hirsch was a Jewish teacher who saved a number of children during the Nazi era. She stayed by her pupils‘ side until the very end. Even in the Riga ghetto, she continued to teach, giving the children comfort and hope. The animated film is deliberately a silent film in black and white. The film was made for the Café Historias in the Fritz Bauer Forum as part of the exhibition project „weiterwirken. Women in Resistance“.
The Language of Time: Perspectives on Resistance
Whilst researching women in the resistance, I became particularly interested, at a certain point, in the kind of resistance that does not make it into the history books. How does one stand up for oneself in everyday life, remain upright and steadfast in a society that prioritises mistrust of community and individualism over charity? I sought out this spirit of resistance in the lives of six women and traced their journeys along a timeline that points, like an accusing finger, from the 1940s right up to the present day.
with poems against resistance and oppression.
makes the data visible with an installation.
„weiterwirken | Frauen im Widerstand“ is curated by the Bochum-based artist Dorothee Schäfer .
A project of the Fritz Bauer Forum
