Employees of the IBB have found time witnesses of the disaster in the Ukraine and Belarus, who have told them about their life experiences. As young men and women have they been part of the work assignment at the stricken reactor or they experienced the evacuation of the villages. The collection of the time witness reports makes the unimaginable vivid and enables us to sympathise with what happened. The interviews are part of the touring exhibition and can be reread online. Some newspapers will travel to the locations of the exhibition in the Spring and report on their experiences. More...

The reactor disaster in Chernobyl has triggered an unprecedented wave of cooperativeness in Germany and Europe: People spontaneously organised auxiliary feeding systems, holidays for radiation impaired children and hospital stays for adults. From the relief supplies of the first days many partnerships have developed in many cities, which have moved a lot and still go to considerable length today. The story of dedicated initiatives, their cooperation and success are mosaic stones, which put together arrange into a colourful picture of the Europe wide solidarity movement. More...