Luigi Toscano’s exhibition Against Oblivion recalls the horrors of National Socialism. DB sets an example in the fight against anti-Semitism and racism.

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Picture: Deutsche Bahn AG (DB)

Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) demonstrates its commitment to combating anti-Semitism and racism by presenting a memorable Against Oblivion project by photographer and director Luigi Toscano at train stations. Richard Lutz, DB CEO, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Luigi Toscano opened the exhibition on June 22, 2021 at Berlin Central Station. Until July 2, 15 portraits of survivors of the Nazi persecution will be shown, informs railway magazine Railway Supply, citing Deutsche Bahn.

Until the end of September, the exhibition can be seen throughout the country at eight railway stations in Germany.

DB CEO Richard Lutz: “The global rise of anti-Semitism and racism is a dangerous phenomenon that worries us very much. Therefore, recognizing our historical responsibility, we support this exciting exhibition. We want to send an important message to a peaceful and tolerant society without hatred and exclusion. Train stations are meeting places. Millions of people from different nations, religions and cultures meet here. Here we can remember together the fate of Holocaust survivors and warn that the crimes of National Socialism must never be repeated. ”

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas: “Remembrance cannot only take place in museums, memorials or in history lessons. It should be available to everyone. This is why these photographs are in the right place here – not only because they were train stations where the path to death began for millions of Jewish women, men and children, but also because they can be seen here in the middle of life, in a place where there are hundreds of thousands of people every day.

The pandemic has also reinforced right-wing extremism and anti-Semitic stereotypes in our society. To clearly state this and act against it is not only the main task of the state, but also the duty of all those who want a tolerant, cosmopolitan, enlightened Germany. Democracy is as strong as those who defend it are strong. ”

Luigi Toscano, photographer and filmmaker: “I am delighted to be sending a clear message together with Deutsche Bahn for tolerance, humanity and democracy. Taking a critical look at your own past takes courage and cannot be taken for granted. But this is important. Literature professor and Holocaust survivor Susan Chernyak-Spatz, who I was allowed to portray in 2014, summed up when we first met George Santayan’s quote: “If we forget the past, we are doomed to repeat it.”

German-Italian photographer and filmmaker Luigi Toscano, named “Artist of the World” by UNESCO in March 2021, met and portrayed more than 400 Holocaust survivors for his memorial project. The exhibition has already been viewed by about a million people around the world, including in Pittsburgh, Kiev, New York, Washington and San Francisco. The project Against Oblivion also includes a German Human Rights Film Award nominated documentary and an illustrated book.

You can get acquainted with the project of the photographer and director Luigi Toscano “Against Oblivion” following this link.

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