Exhibition "Finding Ivy"
The bilingual (German/English) exhibition "Finding Ivy. A life worthy of life" is dedicated to the biographies of British victims of the National Socialist "euthanasia" murders.
Among the approximately 70,000 people who were murdered in 1940 and 1941 as part of “Aktion T4”, there were also some who had a biographical connection to Great Britain. An international research team led by Dr. Helen Atherton from the University of Leeds has been reconstructing the lives of these people. The results are now available to the public as part of a traveling exhibition.
Using a range of archive material collected in the UK, Austria, Germany and beyond, as well as reports and records from family members, the team compiled 13 lives to be displayed on roll-up banners.
On Monday, April 15th, a commentary on the exhibition by well-known journalist Dominic Lawson appeared in the high-circulation British newspaper "Daily Mail". Further media reports can be found at the end of this page.
Exhibition dates and locations
- August 1 - September 30, 2024: German Historical Institute London (UK) - on September 3: Panel discussion & Exhibition Viewing
- October 1 - 31, 2024: Holocaust Center North (Schwann Building Level 2, The University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH) (UK) - on October 2: Exhibition Launch, see also: https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/24608566.holocaust-centre-north-launch-nazi-aktion-t4-exhibition/
October 2024: Birmingham City University (UK)
- Oktober 21 - November 10, 2024, University of Salzburg (A)
- November 2024: Coventry University (UK)
- January 2 - 31, 2025: Surrey Archives, Surrey (UK)
- January + February 2025: Gymnasium Mariano-Josephinum, Hildesheim (D)
- February 3 - 15, 2025: Kingston University, London (UK)
- February 17 - April 11, 2025: Swansea University, Wales (UK)
- March 12 - April 13, 2025: St. Rochus Hospital, Telgte (D)
Media reports
- The Jewish Chronicle: Devastating lives of British-born disabled victims murdered by Nazis uncovered in Holocaust North exhibition
- Museums Journal: Q&A | ‘The shadow of eugenic thinking still hangs over disabled people today’ - Museums Association
- Jewish News: Holocaust Centre North shares stories of British disabled people murdered by Nazis - Jewish News
- Telegraph & Argus: Holocaust Centre North to launch Nazi Aktion T4 exhibition | Bradford Telegraph and Argus (thetelegraphandargus.co.uk)
- The Yorkshire Post: Huddersfield exhibition on British-born victims of the Holocaust’s Aktion T4 Programme (yorkshirepost.co.uk)
- Kirlees Local TV: Holocaust North Hosts Temporary Exhibition Telling the Stories of the 13 British-Born Disabled Victims of the Holocaust’s Aktion T4 Programme - KLTV (kirkleeslocaltv.com)
- Mag North: Finding Ivy: A Life Worth Living (mag-north.com)