Stitched Into Memory. In Remembrance of 67 People Killed in Hartheim in 1940

On the trail of a family photo: When Ulrike Wieser came across a photo of her father’s cousin, Elfi Schlager, it brought to light a buried chapter in her family history. Elfi was ten years old when she and 66 other residents of the St. Joseph Institute in Mils/Tyrol were taken to the Hartheim killing facility and murdered there.

To this day, the victims of Nazi medical crimes remain on the margins of memory. Together with historian Melanie Dejnega, Wieser breaks through the silence and forgetting, working with academics, local historians and family members to fill in the gaps in the memory of these people. The result is an artistic installation of 67 embroidered photographs. Colourful embroidered flowers and names anchor the victims to their birthplaces and stitch them into memory culture.

An exhibition by Ulrike Wieser and Melanie Dejnega in cooperation with the House of Austrian History.

Director of hdgö: Monika Sommer | Artist: Ulrike Wieser | Curators: Melanie Dejnega, Antonia Plessing | Texts: Melanie Dejnega | Feedback and proofreading: Eva Meran | Easy Read translation: Vanessa Tautter | Lettering: Mara Wieser | Exhibition design and graphics: Nora Pierer | Exhibition coordination and text management: Anna Bausch | Conservation and restoration: Linda Kral | Communication: Ann Cathrin Frank, Johanna Fuchs, Ildiko Füredi-Kolarik | Social Media: Louise Beckershaus, Katharina Kraus | Proofreading: Ela Maywald | Easy Language editing: Eva Lackinger, Karina Lattner, Karl Mühlbachler, Sarah Traxler (Kompetenznetzwerk Informationstechnologie zur Förderung der Integration von Menschen mit Behinderungen (KI-I)) | English translation: Joanna White, Kirsty Falconer | Art handling, installation, production: Vienna Arthandling | Lighting design: Helen Farnik | Graphics production:  e.h.montagen Large Format 

Historical Consulting:
Peter Eigelsberger, Elisabeth Gruber, Florian Schwanninger, Oliver Seifert 
Local Chroniclers: Anneliese Hechenberger, Gerhard Larcher 

Lenders:

Ludwig Reichart, Markus Sprenger 

We are especially grateful to the following people for their support:

Wolfgang Drexler, Schwester Barbara Flad, Brigitte Halbmayr, Ingrid Hofer, Lisi Krenold, Sr. Maria Magna Rodler, Herbert Schautzgy, Stefanie Schlögl, Martin Schlögl, Melanie Wiener, Klara and Dieter Wieser 

 
Media: Hubert Berger (Kronen Zeitung Tirol), Tjara Boine (Tirolerin), Eva Schwienbacher (20er - Die Tiroler Straßenzeitung)