Expelled! October 28, 1938. The history of the “Polenaktion”

Touring exhibition: Opening: October 28, 2024, 7 p.m., Blaue Fabrik, Eisenbahnstraße 1, 01097 Dresden; Opening hours: October 28 – December 1, 2024, Mon and Sun, 2-6 p.m., Thu, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

A project of the Aktives Museum – Faschismus und Widerstand in Berlin e.V., expanded for Dresden by the Förderkreis Alter Leipziger Bahnhof.


On October 28, 1938, the German Reich forcibly expelled around 17,000 Jewish men and women of Polish nationality to Poland. The victims had often lived in Germany for several decades and lost their entire economic and social existence overnight as a result of their deportation.

The touring exhibition “Expelled! 28 October 1938. The History of the ‘Polenaktion’” is the first exhibition to tell the story of the deportations in October 1938, shedding light on a chapter of Nazi persecution that is still little known today.

For Dresden, the exhibition, which was organized by the Aktives Museum – Faschismus und Widerstand in Berlin e.V., was supplemented by a regional introduction and local biographies.

Opening of the exhibition

The association “Förderkreis Gedenk-, Lern- und Begegnungsort Alter Leipziger Bahnhof” cordially invites you to the opening on

October 28, 2024, 7 p.m.
at Blaue Fabrik, Eisenbahnstraße 1, 01097 Dresden

Speakers include Ekaterina Kulakova, Jewish Community of Dresden, Dr. Alina Bothe, curator of the exhibition and project manager #lastseen and Sylvia Fischer, daughter of those affected by the forced expulsion from Dresden.

Musical accompaniment by Almut Lessing, Dudu Zemach and Sebastian Römisc

Opening hours (from November 1 to December 1, 2024)

Monday, 2-6 p.m.,
Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Sunday, 2-6 p.m.

Registration for groups: team[at]alter-leipziger-bahnhof.net

(free admission)

The project was sponsored by the Sanddorf Foundation and the Ursula Lacnit-Fixson Foundation. The exhibition in Dresden was made possible by funding from the Dresden Office for Culture and Heritage Protection and the Dresden-Neustadt City District Council.


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