approx. 3km, as the crow flies, from the Schauinsland Peak.

"approx., 3km, as the crow flies, from the Schauinsland Peak." is a quote from the route description to the Central Salvation Site of the Federal Republic of Germany (ZBO) from the UNESCO International Register of Cultural Property under Special Protection. The route description leads to Barbarastollen, a former ore mining tunnel in Hintertal, near the municipality of Oberried in the Black Forest. The exhibition is gathering material of different forms researching the site of the Barbarastollen. Through several site visits inside and around the mine, photographs, stories, newspaper articles, e-mails, archival documents, sound recordings and videos investigate on how the archive works and why it still exists touching on topics of safety, nuclear threat, hierarchies in archive selections, long-time messages, atom semiotics, the peace- movement in south Germany in the 80s.

Through bringing together different perspectives on the idea of the central Salvation Site a room was created to encourage visitors to critically from their own idea on the topics addressed.