objects of war


Gedenkstätte Lindenstrasse

A bed. A LEGO sequence. (Bianca Ramírez)

Can a bed be part of the history of the Cold War?


Swiss Chocolate

Lindt advertising poster: "As a greeting from Switzerland, the tasty Lindt" (around 1930) (Museum für Gestaltung Zürich

Does Swiss Chocolate still taste this sweet if we think about its history?


Theft - Rautenstrauch Joest Museum

Shipping crates symbolising the theft from all around the world (Jakob Meyer)

The Rautenstrauch Joest Museum confronts its own past.


NS-DOK

NS-Dokumentationszentrum of the City of Cologne. (NS-Dok)

How can a calendar sheet or a mere mural challenge our concepts of war?


Emil Bührle Collection

Emil Bührle among his collection in June 1954 (Kunsthaus Zürich)

The Kunsthaus Zürich dares to try again to exhibit Emil Bührle's controversial collection and is once again criticized.