Displacement and Expulsion – Causes and Ramifications

What causes forced migration? What does it mean to lose your home or homeland? This guided programme explores major instances of displacement and expulsion in 20th-century Europe, with a particular focus on 14 million Germans who were displaced during and after the Second World War. Through installations, testimonies and objects from the Permanent Exhibition participants gain insight into what it means to have to leave everything behind and to start all over again far from home. Rather than following a one-way guided tour, pupils and students are invited to ask questions and discuss social, historical and ethical issues highlighted throughout the exhibition.

Dialogue-based guided tour

• Suitable for: Grades 10–13, college and university students, students at vocational colleges
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• Free of charge for schools or providers of youth programmes.
• Group size: up to 20 students per group; max. 3 groups
• Languages: German or English.
• Bookable: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 10:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (latest start), Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (latest start)