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The Wehrmacht exhibition that shocked Germany
An exhibition about the role of the German army during the Second World War caused a scandal in 1995.
An exhibition about the role of the German army the Wehrmacht during the Second World War caused a scandal when it launched in Hamburg in March 1995. βWar of Annihilation: Crimes of the Wehrmacht 1941-1944β was a key moment in Germanyβs reassessment of its Nazi past β but it was highly controversial. Lucy Burns speaks to curator Hannes Heer.
Picture: Jewish forced labourers serving the Wehrmacht in Mogilev, Belarus, taken from the exhibition βWar of Annihilation: Crimes of the Wehrmacht 1941 β 1944β
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