Opening of the historical exhibition
begin 2016.01.25 12:30 PM
end 2016.01.25 03:00 PM
end 2016.01.25 03:00 PM
- The Morsleben repository for radioactive waste has a colourful history: Potash and rock salt mining, armaments production during the Nazi era, livestock farming and toxic-waste dump in the GDR and, since 1979, radioactive waste repository.
- The historical reappraisal has led to a new permanent exhibition narrating and analysing the comprehensive development of the facility as a whole to date. The presentation was designed and drawn up with the assistance of an expert advisory board.
- The exhibition was opened on 25 January 2016 can be visited permanently since 26 January 2016 at the Morsleben information centre.
Historical exhibition at the INFO MORSLEBEN
In its various utilisation phases, the history of the Morsleben mine reflects the entire German history including forced labour of prisoners from concentration camps underground and the border location in the GDR. The BfS has faced the documentation of this history. The result is a new permanent exhibition.
The exhibition on the history of the repository at the Morsleben information centre brings light into the darkness of the past. It provides access for the public to the complex utilisation history of the mine.
Opening of the exhibition
Wolfram König, the President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), and Roland Jahn, the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former GDR (BStU), opened the exhibition on the mine's over-hundred-year-old history at the BfS information centre at the Morsleben repository.
Panel discussion on the opening of the exhibition
"Like under a burning glass, the various stages of the Morsleben history reflect German history of the past 100 years. Forced labour underground and the location near the border between the two German states later on led to the fact that hiding, repressing and concealing things were made a general principle,"
BfS president König said. "We need to face this weight of the past. Safe radioactive waste disposal lives by the exact opposite: Transparency and traceability are key prerequisites for confidence in government measures. This standard is also set for the pending plan-approval procedure for the decommissioning of the facility."
Press tour through the exhibition with BfS President Wolfram König and BStU President Roland Jahn
At the exhibition opening, Roland Jahn from the BStU said: "The exhibition is an impressive compilation of the history of this place, where Nazi dictatorship and SED have left their marks. It calls for reflection on government measures and information policy. Not least the Stasi documents contribute today to making the cover-up policy of the SED transparent in terms of the nuclear waste repository and thus to encourage the questioning of government information."
The exhibition can be visited permanently since 26 January 2016 at the Morsleben information centre.
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