

Memory.exe – AI Between Memory, Manipulation, and Responsibility Panel |
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MOn, 19.10., 19:30 |
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Memory thrives on stories and images. But what happens when artificial intelligence generates images, imitates voices, and reassembles history? Amid digitized archives, deepfakes, social media bots, and algorithmically generated content, the boundaries between documentary, theatricality, and manipulation are blurring.
This discussion will shed light on the impact of AI on the culture of remembrance and historical consciousness. What opportunities do new technologies offer for accessing archives and teaching history? Where do new risks arise — especially regarding the memory of the Shoah and in addressing antisemitic disinformation? And how can historical knowledge be preserved when images and narratives are becoming increasingly easy to falsify? A conversation about the future of remembrance, responsibility in the digital age, and the question of how we tell — and protect — history.
Panel discussion with Matthias J. Becker (Antisemitism researcher), Ania Szczepańska (Historian and Filmmaker), Gina Wiedemann (Social Media Manager at Arolsen Archives) and Katharina Baumgartner (civic educator)

The film will be shown before and after
the panel discussion “Memory.exe – AI Between
Memory, Manipulation, and Responsibility.”
Reinscribing Ania Szczepańska | 24 Min. |
MO, 19.10., 19:30 Uhr |
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The film explores the former Dondorf Printing Works in Frankfurt through the history of the German-Jewish family who founded it. Following the traces of Clara, a Holocaust survivor, and Helene, deported to the Łódź ghetto in 1941, the film examines the potential and limitations of AI as a tool for archival research and memory. Working with both analytic and generative AI models, it explores how these new visual and sound regimes shape our relationship with history and with the archive.
Film commissioned for the exhibition „The World Through AI“, curated by Antonio Somaini for the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
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Jüdische Gemeinde Frankfurt am Main K.d.ö.R. – Kultur
Westendstraße 43
60325 Frankfurt
069 76 80 36-100
kultur@jg-ffm.de
juedische-filmtage.com
jg-ffm.de