»Despite everything: Migration to the colonial metropolis of Berlin«
Opening: 20 October 2022, Duration: 21 October 2022 - 2 April 2023
»Despite Everything: Migration to the Colonial Metropolis of Berlin« allows a new look at Berlin and encourages us to understand colonialism and migration as inseparable parts of our history and present. The exhibition looks at projects, debates and policies of migration to the colonial metropolis of Berlin. The focus is on the complex living realities and resistance of colonial migrants who - despite racist discrimination - came to the German capital and stayed here.
As early as the 19th century, the German Empire developed from an imperial state into a migrant society. In connection with colonialism, not only raw materials and goods came to Berlin, but also people. There were no uniform regulations for these migrants regarding the right of residence or citizenship, although some of them considered themselves citizens of the Reich. Without German citizenship, they were dependent on arbitrary official decisions and were always threatened with deportation. Nevertheless, many stayed and built a life here. They became part of Berlin society.
The exhibition also makes it clear that Berlin was a colonial metropolis and migration society before and after Germany's formal colonial rule from 1884 to 1919.
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A cooperative exhibition of the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum and Dekoloniale Memory Culture in the City. Supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, the Federal Cultural Foundation and the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg District Cultural Fund.
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