Event as part of the Art:walk festival
In the 30-minute keynote speech, Dr Andrea Ditchen, research assistant at the memorial, explains how the US troops viewed the end of the war in Düsseldorf.
In her keynote speech, Andrea Ditchen provides fascinating insights into the US troops' perspective on the end of the war in Düsseldorf. How did the soldiers perceive the last days of the war? What impressions did they gain of the city and how did they assess the situation on the ground? Not only military aspects are highlighted, but also personal observations and experiences that paint a multi-layered picture of this historical caesura. The lecture can motivate people to look at familiar events from a new perspective and to retrace the last days of the war in Düsseldorf from the point of view of the liberators. (Source: Art:walk Festival)
