A photographic study of history and migration, identity and belonging, trauma and healing. A documentary project about the first generation of Jewish children who were born in the displaced persons camp Bergen-Belsen in Germany after 1945. On the occasion of the UN International Day of Holocaust Remembrance on January 27th, 2020, an excerpt of the project was shown for the first time in Hanover, Germany.

The photobook The Children of Bergen-Belsen was published by Kehrer Verlag in November 2023 and nominated for the German Photobook Prize 2024/25. Discover a critique on Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). If you'd like to order a copy in German or English, please get directly in touch with me at mail (at) mariaklenner.com.

Maria Klenner – The Children of Bergen-Belsen from Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg on Vimeo.