Guided Tour: "Forced Labor and Anti-Slavic Racism"
Göttingen Tour Exposes Nazi Forced Labor and Anti-Slavic Racism in 2026
On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, the guided tour "Forced Labor and Anti-Slavic Racism" will take place through the permanent exhibition "Tracing European Forced Labor: Southern Lower Saxony, 1939–1945" at Godehardstraße 11 in Göttingen. Staff member Annegrit Berghoff will lead the tour, beginning at 5:00 PM.
The conditions under which forced laborers exploited by Nazi Germany struggled to survive depended on their classification within the Nazis' racial hierarchy, their legal status, and their gender. Civilian forced laborers from Poland and the Soviet Union—countries viewed by the Nazis through a colonial-racist lens—were subjected to discriminatory special regulations, including mandatory identification badges.
As early as the 19th century, pseudoscientific discourses constructed the so-called "Slavic race," portraying it as underdeveloped and primitive. The Nazis later propagated the myth of the "Slavic subhuman," destined to serve the German people. The brutal consequences of this racism included murder, expulsion, and forced labor.
The tour will explore the impact of anti-Slavic discriminatory policies on those affected and provide a brief overview of the persistence of anti-Slavic racism into the present day.
Admission to the exhibition and the tour is free; donations are welcome.
The exhibition at Godehardstraße 11 (with a separate entrance via BBS II) in Göttingen is open: - Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM - Thursday, 3:00 PM–6:00 PM - First Sunday of each month, 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
This event is part of the International Week Against Racism.
For further information, visit: https://zwangsarbeit-in-niedersachsen.eu/en
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