Between 1939 and 1945, Nazis are believed to have murdered by hanging more than 4,000 German women of various ages. Most likely they were convicted by the so-called "The people's court" and publicly executed by commanders in the concentration camps.

The people's court was a special court established by Adolf Hitler 1934. The court held responsibility for a large portion of "political outrages" and held that acts of resistance were illegal. People who questioned the ruling regime were punished in cruel ways, a large group of which were women. Hanging was a method preferred by the Nazis as it provided more of a public spectacle and served both as entertainment for the troops as well as intimidation against the people. Few of these hangings were documented by individual soldiers with hidden cameras. Some of these images have later been found and saved as important historical documentation. 

One of the cases involved a woman who was sentenced to death for having written NO on the walls of houses around Berlin. Her street art was an act of political resistance and provoked the Nazis. Her action is recreated in a visual performance installation along with the reading of the names of all the women who were murdered.

Participating on stage  Ellinor Ljungkvist 

Concept  Ellinor Ljungkvist 

Voice  Verena Hahn

Sound clips  Anna Ljungkvist 

Residency support by PACT – Zollverein Performing Arts Choreographic Center NRW and Atelier – Platform for Experimental Arts Germany. 

Thanks to the German Memorial Center, The Fringe Festival Gothenburg and the art festival Vinterspår Lindesberg for the research and presentation opportunity.