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Remembering Exercises from The Garden of (not) Forgetting: Two Countries, Two Homes, Two Women

In the face of the potential destruction of the Botanical Garden founded by the Jewish German scientists Alfred Heilbronn and Leon Brauner, Dilşad Aladağ and Eda Aslan ask, “Is it possible to make space for the garden in urban memory?” This question leads them to a project centered around Alfred Heilbronn Botanical Garden and the plant-life established there entitled “The Garden of (not) Forgetting” and an exhibition that could be seen in Depo until June 6th. In this piece, you will read the story of “The Garden of (not) Forgetting” and a side story, brought to life from the archives, of a Turkish and a German women scientist, whose stories are connected by two houses they both lived, one in Istanbul and the other in Münster, that feels like the script of a Hollywood movie.

31 May 2021

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