And they were our neighbours

From 10 December to 27 January, the city of Bocholt is presenting the exhibition "And they were our neighbours... - Deportation of Jewish men, women and children to Riga 1941/1942" at the LernWerk.

The exhibition focuses on the deportation and fate of Jewish citizens from Bocholt who were deported to the Riga ghetto in 1941. One focus is on the events in the Riga ghetto, where thousands of Latvian Jews became victims of mass murder.

Commemoration and historical reappraisal

The exhibition shows the effects of the National Socialist extermination policy on the Jewish population in Latvia and the Jewish citizens of Bocholt. The exhibition is complemented by the project "Two Days in Winter - Zachor: remember!" by the Bremen artist couple Dagmar Calais and Chris Steinbrecher.

Opening in the new artist appendix of the LernWerk

This exhibition is the first in the LernWerk's new artist appendix and is sponsored by the "Heimat-Fonds" of the Ministry of Regional Identity, Communities and Local Government, Building and Digitalisation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and Volksbank Bocholt eG.

The city of Bocholt is realising the exhibition in cooperation with the Bocholter Kunst- und Kulturgemeinschaft e.V., the Stadttheater Bocholt e.V., the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge and Europe Direct Bocholt.

Admission to the exhibition and participation in guided tours are free of charge.