KLOPFZEICHEN DER VERGANGENHEIT. SALPETER, GEISTERSTÄDTE UND VULKANE IN CHILE Vortrag von Dr. Dieter Strauss

In the organizer's words:

The lecture will shed light on one of the many abandoned saltpetre towns in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The focus will be on the memorial character of the former internment camp, whichwas created within the framework of German foreign cultural policy and Chilean politics.
As director of the Goethe-Institut Santiago de Chile, Dr. Dieter Straussinitiated the restoration of the ghost town and the Chacabuco internment camp and coordinated it for many years .

The photo shows workers and children in a pulpería (factory store) owned by H. Sloman, a saltpetre baron who mined saltpetre in the Atacama Desert. Photographer: undocumented, El Toco district, Chile, early 20th century.

Price information:

Museum admission (under 18s free) Admission €9.50 | reduced €5