Für das FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum haben wir 2023/2024 eine dokumentarische Videoreihe mit sieben Dialogen und drei Veranstaltungen realisiert. Die Serie entstand im Rahmen des Ausstellungs- und Forschungsprojekts 1973/2023 – Vom »Anwerbestopp« zur Migrationsgesellschaft.
Ausgehend vom sogenannten „Anwerbestopp“ von 1973 beleuchtet das Projekt die Entstehung der heutigen Migrationsgesellschaft und rückt Perspektiven von Zeitzeug*innen in den Mittelpunkt. In Gesprächen und Oral-History-Interviews werden persönliche Erfahrungen mit politischen Entwicklungen verbunden und Kontinuitäten sichtbar gemacht. Die Aufnahmen sind für eine langfristige Nutzung in Archiv-, Film- und Forschungskontexten angelegt.
- commission
- documentation
- Interviews
- Oral History
- 2023-2024
In 2023/2024, we produced a documentary video series featuring seven dialogues and three events for the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum. The series was part of the exhibition and research project 1973/2023 - Vom »Anwerbestopp« zur Migrationsgesellschaft. Watch the event videos here , here, and here.
On November 23, 1973, the West German government imposed the so-called "recruitment freeze". Rather than ending immigration, however, it marked a shift that contributed to the emergence of today’s migration society. So-called “guest workers” established organizations and institutions in which self-organization, community, and solidarity were – and continue to be – practiced.
Fifty years after the so-called “recruitment freeze,” the project creates a space to reflect on its consequences through conversations with contemporary witnesses. The dialogues revisit political debates, lived experiences, and the gaps between policy and social reality.
We recorded a series of oral history interviews that bring together personal narratives and political context, tracing both individual biographies and broader histories of migration. The visual approach is deliberately reduced and focused, creating a calm and attentive setting that allows the conversations to unfold with clarity and depth.
The recordings were conceived for long-term use across different contexts, including archival preservation, film projects, and academic research.
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Credits
Camera, Sound, Editing: Nadja Krüger and Kornelia Kugler
Interviewees: Atiye Altül, Gül Ataseven-Özen, Sevim Çelebi-Gottschlich, Safter Çınar, Mira Renka, Azize Tank, Remziye Ünal Toptaşan
Interviewers: Koray Yılmaz-Günay, Natalie Bayer, Jana König, Kornelia Kugler
A collaborative project between the Institute for European Ethnology at Humboldt University of Berlin and the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum
In cooperation with:
Kotti eV
Migration Council
Participation Office
Funded by:
bpb – Federal Agency for Civic Education
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