20. September 2025
14:00 – 16:00
Escape Destination: Riehen
Siegert Kittel reports on these and earlier escape events on a border walk to mark 80 years since the end of the war and tells stories of helping hands and unquestioned obedience.
Siegert Kittel reports on these and earlier escape events on a border walk to mark 80 years since the end of the war and tells stories of helping hands and unquestioned obedience.
When the National Socialists came to power in Germany in 1933, Riehen became the destination of a steady stream of refugees. This increased significantly from the beginning of the war, although the national border at Riehen and Bettingen was strictly guarded and fortified with barbed wire from 1942. Persecuted Jews, resistance fighters, deserters and prisoners of war attempted to enter Switzerland here. Many were caught or even lost their lives. And even after crossing the border, the danger was not over. These are stories that still get under your skin today.
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