The citizens of Haltern are cordially invited to the final panel of the Blind Spots event series. Dr. Jacek Barski, Dr. Rüdiger Ritter and Dr. Iris Helbing will discuss together with the citizens of Haltern how the history of the camp for displaced persons (DPs) in Haltern can be remembered in the future – with special consideration of the experiences of those citizens who experienced a profound change in their everyday lives when their homes were evacuated to accommodate the DPs.

All residents are invited to get actively involved and discuss how a lasting culture of remembrance can be created in the city.

Dr. Jacek Barski is managing director of the digital documentation center on the culture and history of Poles in Germany, Porta Polonica in Bochum. Dr. Rüdiger Ritter is the director of the Documentation and Information Centre in Haren (Ems), which deals with the evacuation of Haren between 1945 and 1948 and the establishment of the Polish town of Maczków. Dr. Iris Helbing is Head of the Department of Culture at the City of Meiningen; her master’s thesis, written in 2006, was entitled Out of place? Polish displaced persons in Westphalia after 1945 she scientifically researched the DP camp in Haltern for the first time.

As part of the event series ” Blind Spots – a series of events in memory of the former displaced persons in Westphalia-Lippe”