Academy of Visual Arts, Frankfurt
in cooperation with

Volksbund DeutscHe Kriegsgräberfürsorge

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The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. is a humanitarian organization. On behalf of the Federal Government, it is dedicated to the task of searching for and recovering war dead abroad, burying them with dignity and caring for their graves. The Volksbund looks after relatives and advises public and private bodies on matters relating to war graves, including internationally. It is involved in the culture of remembrance and promotes encounters and education for young people at the resting places of the dead.

Assignment: The task of the students was the conception and creative realization of an exhibition system for use in war cemeteries. The students developed exhibition modules that could be displayed both in closed exhibition spaces and at the cemeteries, based on the fates of those who died as a result of the war.

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