The Finding Ivy exhibition visits our Singleton Park Library, explore the lives of the British born victims of the Nazi war on disabled people.

Finding Ivy – A Life Worthy of Life is a touring exhibition, and international research project that explores the lives of the British born victims of the Nazi war on disabled people. The state-led Aktion T4 programme delivered the systematic killing of 70,000 adults with mental and physical disabilities living across Germany and Austria.

The exhibition recreates and explores the meaningful lives of those British born individuals who were murdered between 1940 and 1941. Uncover a range of preserved archive material, reports, records from family members and the biographies of the victims.

Swansea University is proud to lead the way in disability history research, and teaching with the recently established Learning Disability Nursing degree. We are honoured to be the only Welsh site to host the exhibition, which showcases our commitment, progress and advancement to this important area of research and teaching.

The exhibition will be available to view at our Singleton Park Library from Tuesday 18th February – Thursday 10th April, and a public event with a Q&A will be held on Monday 10th March with Dr. Simon Jarret, an alumnus of the university and part of the Finding Ivy research team. The event will take place at our Singleton Park Library (18:30 – 20:00).

Further information and background reading on the Finding Ivy research project is available.