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"Order and Annihilation. The Police in Nazi Germany." A new temporary exhibition in Łambinowice
Visitors can view a new temporary exhibition, Order and Annihilation. The Police in Nazi Germany, on the role played – alongside the Gestapo and the SS – by the German police force in the Nazi era, at the Museum’s Łambinowice seat.
Although the exhibition has been already on view to the public, its official opening will take place on 1 September after the conclusion of the Prayer of Peace concert, which will be performed in the parish church of Łambinowice at 5 p.m.
The exhibition turns attention to the institution of the police in Nazi Germany, which the Nazi regime used to hold power. From its inception until the downfall of the Third Reich, the German police force faithfully served the regime, actively participating in acts of terror and atrocities. Initially, these activities took place within Germany, but after the outbreak of war in 1939, they spread to all German-occupied territories. The German police was especially brutal in persecuting the civilian population of Eastern Europe, committing mass atrocities.
Order and Annihilation. The Police in Nazi Germany exhibition was created by the German Police University in Münster at the German Standing Conference of Interior Ministers and Senators of the States’s behest.
The exhibition is open to the public until 28 February 2025.
