Traveling exhibition objects of concentration camp prisoners in Brussels
A converted shipping container will display wedding rings, watches, wallets with photos and many other personal obligations that were confiscated and started when arriving at a German concentration camp. The traveling expo #StolenMemory is a campaign to return these objects to the always even easy. The Arolsen Archives have already been able to give back to more than 600 families, including ten in Belgium.
“It gives me shivers”
In addition to objects, there are posters that tell the story of that process. With a smartphone, visitors can scan QR codes to watch short videos, the experiences can tell their experiences. For example, there is the testimony of Yves Stappers from Waterloo, grandson of the Belgian resistance fighter Edmond Ameye.
“It’s special that we get this watch that belonged to someone who sacrificed his life for freedom. We just got it at a time when so many freedoms are being questioned, in our neighboring countries but also here in Belgium. It personally gives me shivers,” Stappers says.
The Arelson Archives project is supported by the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs. He brought the #StolenMemory exhibition to Belgium and supports the project with a donation of 200,000 euros.