48 children of the third grade of the Jewish Primary School Munich, gathered for the class photo in the schoolyard with their teacher – a snapshot from May 1937. It is a special event for the pupils. The start of a new school year is being captured. Perhaps for a brief moment the children can set aside the everyday life that has determined their lives for several years. In Munich, the city where National Socialism rose, Jewish women and men have long been unwelcome. Yet the children probably do not yet suspect that their life paths will soon be violently torn apart.
The photograph is the starting point for an intensive search for traces. The exhibition follows the life paths of the children. It asks about survival strategies, escape routes, experiences of estrangement and loss, and arriving in something new.