Exhibition in the New Town Hall of the City of Leipzig (Lower Foyer)
from January 27 to March 30, 2026

The exhibition commemorates people who were persecuted under National Socialism as "asocials" and "professional criminals". The focus is on their experiences. Between 1933 and 1945, the authorities and police took up social prejudices. They control, harass and deprive tens of thousands of their freedom. Many were murdered.

Even after 1945, the exclusion did not end. The Federal Republic of Germany, the GDR and Austria refused to compensate those affected. Their experiences of injustice were denied by politics and society. It was only in the 1980s that a few researchers began to come to terms with the persecution. It took another four decades before they were recognized as victims of National Socialism by a resolution of the German Bundestag in 2020. However, public discussion of the persecution has been slow to begin.

Curator-led tour of the exhibition. Duration approx. 90 minutes. Registration not required, Free admission.
Further dates: February 12 / March 19 / March 26, each at 4 p.m.

An exhibition project of the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial in cooperation with the Saxon Memorials Foundation in Memory of the Victims of Political Tyranny

Organizer: City of Leipzig in cooperation with the Memorial to Forced Labour in Leipzig and the Initiative Riebeckstraße 63 e.V.

New City Hall, Lower Foyer
Martin-Luther-Ring 4, 04109 Leipzig
Streetcar 2, 8, 9, 14 (New Town Hall), Tram 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15 (Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz)

Opening hours of the exhibition:
Mon-Thu: 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Fri: 7 am - 4 pm