To mark the 85th anniversary of the German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, the museum is once again presenting the exhibition 1941. June Letters – Unread Field Post from Kamianets-Podilskyi, which was developed in 2016 in collaboration with the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War in Kyiv.

The exhibition focuses on the final emptying of the postbox at the Kamianets-Podilskyi post office. Due to the outbreak of war, the letters were never delivered. Confiscated by the German occupation authorities, they ended up as spoils of war at the Postal Museum in Vienna. Following their return to Ukraine, this unique collection is now housed at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War in Kyiv.

For this revamped presentation, the exhibition has been expanded in close collaboration with the Kamianets-Podilskyi State Historical Museum to include new insights into the city’s history in the context of Germany’s war of annihilation.

With:
Olha Vinnichuk (Ivan Ohijenko National University of Kamianets-Podilskyi)
Svitlana Datsenko (National Museum of the History of Ukraine during the Second World War, Kyiv)
Julia Korsunsky (Descendant of a letter recipient)
Dr. Jörg Morré (Museum Berlin-Karlshorst)

Introduction to the exhibition: Christoph Meißner (Museum Berlin-Karlshorst)

Simultaneous interpreting will be provided from Ukrainian into English.

To register, please email kontakt@museum-karlshorst.de.

Free entry.

By attending the event, you agree that photographs and video footage in which you appear as part of a group shot may be used for the museum’s public relations purposes. The event will be recorded and published afterwards. Taking your own photographs or filming (e.g. on a mobile phone) is not permitted during the event. This does not apply to accredited members of the press.