Ex­pe­ri­ence de­mo­cra­cy — WE … TOG­E­THER at NS-DOK Co­lo­gne

The ex­hi­bi­ti­on “WE … TOG­E­THER — tog­e­ther. de­mo­cra­ti­cal­ly. act.” at the Co­lo­gne Do­cu­men­ta­ti­on Cent­re for the Histo­ry of Na­tio­nal So­cia­lism from 18 Sep­tem­ber 2025 to 1 March 2026 in­vi­tes vi­si­tors to un­der­stand de­mo­cra­cy not just as an abs­tract con­cept, but to ex­pe­ri­ence it in ever­y­day life and play an ac­ti­ve ro­le in sha­ping it. Dis­cuss, ce­le­bra­te tog­e­ther, crea­te spaces and share me­mo­ries: Using in­spi­ring ex­amp­les from Co­lo­gne in­itia­ti­ves, de­mo­cra­tic pro­ces­ses and their chal­lenges in va­rious are­as of life will be ma­de tan­gi­ble.

Vi­si­tors can be in­spi­red by lo­cal groups in in­ter­ac­ti­ve the­med rooms and con­tri­bu­te their own ide­as, wis­hes and de­mands to the ex­hi­bi­ti­on. In the work­shop room and dis­cus­sion for­mats, a li­vely space is crea­ted that shows how joint de­mo­cra­tic op­ti­ons for ac­tion can be crea­ted and or­ga­nis­ed lo­cal­ly. In this way, the ex­hi­bi­ti­on be­co­mes a field of ex­pe­ri­men­ta­ti­on for so­cial en­ga­ge­ment and an ever­y­day ex­pe­ri­ence of de­mo­cra­cy.