»The Disavowed. Victims of National Socialism 1933 – 1945 – Today« will be on display from January 27 to March 30, 2026, at the Neues Rathaus (New City Hall), Martin-Luther-Ring 4, 04109 Leipzig. The exhibition is open Monday to Thursday from 10 am to 6 pm and Friday from 10 am to 5 pm.
The opening will take place as part of the City of Leipzig’s commemoration ceremony on January 27 at 7:30 pm, in the presence of the Mayor, Burkhard Jung. This stop on the travelling exhibition’s tour has been made possible by the City of Leipzig, the Saxon Memorial Foundation, the Leipzig Nazi Forced Labour Memorial and the Riebeckstraße 63 Learning and Memorial Centre.
About the exhibition:
The exhibition commemorates people who were persecuted under National Socialism as »asocials« and »career criminals«. Their experiences take centre stage. Between 1933 and 1945, the authorities and police capitalised on social prejudices. They controlled, harass and deprive tens of thousands of their freedom. Many are murdered.
The Federal Republic of Germany, the GDR and Austria refused to compensate those affected. Their experiences of injustice are denied.
In February 2020, the German Parliament decided: »No one was rightfully imprisoned in a concentration camp; even those persecuted as ›asocials‹ and ›career criminals‹ were victims of National Socialist reign of terror«. In the context of this decision, the parliament commissioned the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial to create an exhibition. It represents one of the most important remembrance projects of the decade in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Previous stops:
After its opening presentation in Berlin, the exhibition moved to the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial and most recently to the NS Documentation Centre in Cologne. There, it reached both the local audience of the metropolis of Cologne and numerous international tourists.
