The Treck

FUTURE SPECIAL EXHIBITION

In January 1945, shortly before the end of the war, countless people fled westwards from the advancing front. No refugee trek is better documented in photographs than the one from Lübchen (today Lubów) in Lower Silesia – captured in impressive photographs by Hanns Tschira and Martha Maria Schmackeit.

The unique collection of photographs is being shown in its entirety for the first time in an exhibition at the Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation. The presentation provides insights into the moving story of a displacement and the creation of the images.

Duration: 20 June 2025 to 18 January 2026