Hijacked and Ideologized
An Exhibition about Nazi Victims in Russia
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
The traveling exhibition “Pomni o nas …” (Remember us…) about the Nazi mass murder of people with disabilities in the North Caucasus in 1942/1943 was intended to make the Russian public aware of the fate of a victim group that has received little attention. It was shown in Russia from 2018 to 2021. In 2022, the exhibition was subjected to a “hostile takeover” by a Russian foundation, which turned the exhibition’s content on its head. The exhibition is now supposed to spread the narrative of the “genocide against the Soviet people” and illustrate the “criminal” nature of the “fascist” enemy against the backdrop of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
(Osteuropa 5/2024, pp. 185–196)