In the early 1930s, there were already brave young women in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district standing up to Nazism. One of them was Eva Mamlok, a Jewish teenager who performed everyday acts of resistance against the Nazi regime – first alone, and then alongside other young women. They formed networks, distributed leaflets, wrote slogans on walls, and organized an underground library.  

As Jews, they were persecuted and enslaved. For their antifascist activism, they were arrested and deported. Yet even in the most terrible circumstances, they never stopped resisting. 

Until now their story has barely been told, partly because very few sources and documents exist – besides the testimonies from Inge Gerson-Berner, the only member of the group who survived the Holocaust. This exhibition will present an extensive, never-before-seen body of scholarship compiled by a network of citizen researchers. It brings together historical documents, photographs, and eyewitness accounts that invite visitors to revisit the past while exposing the gaps and holes in the record. It carves out space for questions and debate and seeks to raise awareness of the crucial role women played in the resistance against Nazi tyranny. 

An exhibition by Alexandra Weltz-Rombach in cooperation with the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum. 

Research: Jutta Faehndrich, Miriam Visaczki, Miklas Weber, Alexandra Weltz-Rombach, Anna Hájková, Jasmin Lörchner 

Exhibition concept: Alexandra Weltz-Rombach, Natalie Bayer 

Curatorial assistance: Cecilia Bösche, Luise Fakler 

Exhibition design: Matthies Weber & Schnegg 

Graphic design: Christine Gundelach/Editienne

The exhibition is accompanied by a series of events. More information soon here.

Made possible by support from: 

Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion 

Projektfonds Kulturförderung Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Cultural Subsidies Project Fund of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg) 

Verein für die Geschichte Friedrichshain-Kreuzbergs e.V. (Association for the History of Friedrichshain-Krezuberg)