Geraldine Oetken: Frieda - Reading and Conversation with Julia Wolrab in the series Gegenworte

Description

Frieda, about whom no one has ever told. Of whom no one knows more than that she died in 1941 in an institution for people with disabilities. When Geraldine Oetken learns about her great-aunt, she investigates her story, empathetically and meticulously: She reads medical records, researches the treatment of mental illnesses in National Socialism, decentralized "euthanasia," and hunger murders. Her trail leads her into archives and cemeteries, into Oldenburg during the Nazi era and her youth—and into the depths of her own family history. About her first book and her work against forgetting, the artist and journalist Geraldine Oetken, who lives in Hannover, discusses with Julia Wolrab, who heads the Documentation Center National Socialism.
---
Photo: © Amande Dionne Co-organizer: Documentation Center National Socialism Freiburg Date: 15.12.2026, 7:30 PM
Location: Documentation Center National Socialism, Rotteckring 14
Admission: 11/7 euros Reading and conversation
Outside the house

Highlights

• Reading and conversation with Geraldine Oetken and Julia Wolrab
• Addresses the story of Frieda, a forgotten person
• Date: 15.12.2026, 7:30 PM

General Information

The event takes place at the Documentation Center National Socialism in Freiburg im Breisgau. Geraldine Oetken talks about her research on her great-aunt Frieda and the treatment of mental illnesses in National Socialism.

Location

Rotteckring 14, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Hide Map

Loading map...

How to get there

Get Directions