Bloody soll. Scenes of NSU crimes. Erinnerungsraum

In combination with the photo exhibition ‘Bloody soil. Scenes of NSU crimes’ by Regina Schmeken, which deals with the crimes of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), the Altonaer Museum has created an additional ‘memorial space’. Süleyman Taşköprü was murdered by members of the NSU on 27 June 2001 in his grocery store on Schützenstraße in Altona. We designed and created this ‘memorial space’ in collaboration with the museum’s team of curators and Süleyman Taşköprü’s family.

The memorial space is divided into two visually differentiated sections. The first, in warm, calm grey tones, focuses on the biographies of the NSU victims. Here, relatives, survivors and people who are engaged in the fight against right-wing extremist terrorism have their say. The second, in bright yellow tones, focuses on a participatory installation. This invites visitors to reflect on memory: Who remembers, who is remembered – and who is overlooked?

In memory of: Enver Şimşek, Abdurrahim Özüdoğru, Süleyman Taşköprü, Habil Kılıç, Mehmet Turgut, İsmail Yaşar, Theodoros Boulgarides, Mehmet Kubaşık, Halit Yozgat and Michèle Kiesewetter.

In collaboration with Káschem Büro (Insa Kühlcke-Schmoldt)
Curation: Nicole Mattern, Lisa Miller
Client: Hamburg Historical Museums Foundation / Altonaer Museum
Location: Altonaer Museum
Link: www.shmh.de/ausstellungen
Duration: 15 October 2025 – 7 July 2026
Consulting, collaboration & educational programme: Okan Taşköprü, Osman Taşköprü, Dan Thy Nguyen, Tanja Aminata Bah, Eva Martens, Tugce Killictas, Narin Bozkurt, Özlem Nas, Lauryn Abubakari, Ruth Zimmer, Ibrahim Arslan
Illustrations: Veronika Dimke und Riccardo Sammarco
Production: Risofort, Altonaer Werbewerkstatt, Schreiner & Fertig
Photos (c): Joseph Heicks