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Exhibition: June 23rd to June 26th, 2011
Exhibition opening and discussion with eyewitnesses
June 23rd 2011, 6.30 pm
Memorial Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Genslerstr. 66, 13055 Berlin
North Korea is one of the last communist regimes in the world. Abject poverty, total surveillance and an immoderate cult of dictator Kim Jong-il, characterize the daily lives of the 24 million inhabitants. On the other hand, the country has one of the largest armies in the world, which provokes unrest in neighboring states with the construction of nuclear bombs and military provocations.
Public execution of a prisoner /
Drawing of a former inmate.
Hardly anything is known in Germany about North Korean labor camps. An estimated 200,000 people are detained under unimaginable conditions there. During the discussion the former inmate Hye-Sook Kim will report for the first time, about the everyday life in the camp where she was imprisoned for 28 years. In addition, she will discuss the possibilities of political change with experts. The accompanying exhibition displays works from the refugee camps and prisoners drawings.
PROGRAM
Welcome
Dr. Hubertus Knabe
Director Memorial Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
Roland Brauckmann
Amnesty International, Korea Coordinator
Film
"Kim Jong-il - only his own paradise," Short, 12 min
Introduction to the exhibition
Ha Tae-Keung
Journalist, South Korea
Discussion
Kim Hye-Sook
Former camp inmate, 28 years of political imprisonment
Ha Tae-Keung
Journalist, South Korea
Jörn Rohde
Head of Unit East Asia at the Foreign Office
Chair: Helmuth Frauendorfer
Deputy Director of Memorial Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
Please register via Tel 030 / 986 082 413 or email a.kockisch@stiftung-hsh.de | back
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