From March 2025 to September 2026
Women in Conflict
Cycle of historical and artistic exhibitions and their events to showcase the global struggle of women in conflict now and then
WOMEN IN CONFLICT
Cycle of historical and artistic exhibitions and their events to showcase the global struggle of women in conflict now and then, from March 2025 to September 2026, at the National Museum of Resistance and Human Rights in Esch/Alzette
Exhibition
8.3 - 15.9.2025
RÉSISTANCE. RÉPRESSION. DÉPORTATION.
Les femmes de France et du Luxembourg au camp de concentration de Ravensbrück, 1942 - 1945
L'exposition itinérante en français et en allemand, présentée du 8 mars au 15 septembre au Musée National à Esch-sur-Alzette, aborde les parcours de vie et les expériences des quelque 7000 femmes déportées de France et du Luxembourg au camp de concentration de Ravensbrück dans le cadre de la répression pour motifs politiques. Elle met en évidence la diversité des origines sociales et nationales de ces femmes et montre comment la résistance et la persécution ont été marquées par les rôles traditionnels des sexes. Les multiples facettes de la résistance, de la détention et de la survie sont racontées à l'aide de biographies choisies.
The exhibition is bilingual in German and French.
Mahn‑ und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück
EVENTS AS PART OF THIS EXHIBITION :
11.03.24 - 7.30 pm
Discussion
Résistantes de France au camp de concentration de Ravensbrück
With Mechthild Gilzmer & Hannah Sprute
FR with simultaneous translation to GER
23.04.25 – 7.30 pm
Round-table discussion
Les femmes dans la résistance en France
With Mechthild Gilzmer, Caroline Francois, Catherine Lacour-Astol & Pierre-Emmanuel Dufayel
FR
22.05.25 – 7.30 pm
Theatre
Hanna
With Mélanie Noesen
Discussion
Leben und Zeichnen im KZ Ravensbrück
With Frank Schroeder & Kathrin Meß
GER
11.06.25 – 7.30 pm
Film night
Le retour
With Natascha Giler
FR
03.07.26 – 7.30 pm
Round-table discussion
Prêtre, collaborateur, traître – le Luxembourgeois Robert Alesch
With Julien Blanc & Fabrice Grenard
FR
03.09.25 – 7.30 pm
Film night
Die Frauen von Ravensbrück
With Loretta Walz
GER
Exhibition
Fall 2025
UGEGRAFF
Ugegraff is a social art project that was created by Uyi Nosa Odia, aka UNO, artist and president of Lëtz Art asbl
Ugegraff as the name implies, focuses on the representation of what happens when someone or something is “ugegraff” i.e. attacked.
The circle of violence, specifically that of domestic violence, stands in the focus of this project.
Domestic violence often happens outside of public view and inside private spaces, and only the effects or aftermath become visible in the public sphere. In the context of this project, art will stand as a substitute for the victims of domestic violence, and the reconstruction of this often hidden circle of violence will begin during the opening event.
The art in question will consist of contributions from various artists from the broader Luxembourg society During the vernissage, the contributed artwork will be attacked, damaged, and to some extent destroyed depicting the first step in the circle of violence the act of inflicting harm, the damage and destruction of something beautiful and precious.
After violence and trauma, however, often comes a period of mending, restoring and healing That is why, over the period of the exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to help ‘ and restore the wounds left on the artworks whether that be by putting the pieces of canvas back together, gluing broken pieces back together etc The restored pieces, with their scars and new visual identities, can be sold, auctioned, or donated.
As part of the public and social impact of the project, events, roundtables and other social gatherings can be organised to continue the discussion about the impact of violence on both our local and the wider global society.
Exhibition
Early 2026
LYNSEY ADDARIO
The cycle will end in early 2026 with an exhibition by war photographer Lynsey Addario, whose work has included coverage of conflicts, humanitarian crises and women's issues in the Middle East and Africa. She has won two Pulitzer Prizes for her work.
Further details to follow.