Keine Nacht so dunkel. Die ungewöhnliche Geschichte der Familie Wels, die vergessen werden sollte

Tomáš Wels, son of the successful architect Rudolf Wels in the 1920s, hides a box filled with records in a dark cupboard. After his death, his descendants find the chronicle of a Jewish family in the "Black Elephant", which the Nazis wanted to be forgotten.

Sometimes family stories hurt so much that you can't tell them. Tomáš Wels, son of the architect Rudolf Wels, who was successful in the 1920s, hides a large box filled with notes, letters and memories in a huge, dark cupboard. All his relatives know about the "black elephant", but no one knows the contents of the box. When the descendants open it, they discover the everyday chronicle of a "completely normal" family. It is also an extraordinary story of courage and trust, of escape and murder. It spans the lives of several generations, begins in the 19th century in the village of West Bohemia and leads via Vienna and Karlovy Vary/Karlsbad to Prague, Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, and finally to Oxford. It is the story of the Jewish Wels family, a "family as it should be", which the Nazis wanted to be forgotten. It will not be forgotten - thanks to the "Black Elephant".

The HdH BW is showing an exhibition by the Czech organization Post Bellum with numerous reproductions from the Wels family archive and other sources. They form a vivid chronicle of Central European history.