Last exhibition

War on Wars!

Photo-Exhibition

Ernst Friedrich, a tireless opponent of war, began collecting photographs of wounded soldiers and suffering civilians after the First World War. His goal was to vividly document the devastating effects of war on people and society. In 1923, he founded the Anti-War Museum in Berlin, where he presented a powerful exhibition of images of mutilated bodies and injured faces. With lectures, traveling exhibitions, and his own newspaper, Friedrich fought passionately against war for over a decade, giving a voice to the victims and relentlessly exposing the brutality of war.

Despite his tireless efforts, the Anti-War Museum was destroyed by the Nazis in 1933. Today, the Peace Library honors his life and work with a moving exhibition that paints an unvarnished picture of war - a horror that remains as relevant as ever a century later.

"War on wars! At first glance, this cry seems to describe the work of the anti-war museum of the Weimar Republic, and the photos show the gruesome reality of the First World War in an unvarnished way. But the pictures are also representative of today's conflicts, which are no less merciless in their cruelty and brutality than they were 100 years ago. Sad to say, there is no difference in the horrors of war.

Web: www.friedensbibliothek.de

Organiser: Friedensbibliothek/Antikriegsmuseum