Tag: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp memorial
Bavarian State Opera: Mieczysław Weinberg’s Auschwitz opera “The Passenger” – Culture
Can you show Auschwitz on an opera stage? David Pountney, then director of the Bregenz Festival, answered the question with a resounding yes when he published “The Passenger” by Mieczysław…
“The Zone of Interest” in the cinema: The ghosts of Auschwitz – Culture
Never again is now? If you really want to understand what that means, you have to see this film: “The Zone of Interest” with Sandra Hülser and Christian Friedel. “I…
Birkenau cycle by Gerhard Richter in the International Youth Meeting Center Auschwitz – Culture
You can get to the Auschwitz International Youth Meeting Center from the train station through a residential area with high apartment buildings, then turn left at the shopping center. And…
Medicine under National Socialism: Doctors were comprehensively involved – health
A current analysis shows how deeply doctors were involved in the crimes of the Nazi regime. The researchers dispute the idea that it was just the excesses of a few…
Series “Deutsches Haus”: Screenwriter Annette Hess – Media
On this cold November day in Berlin, Annette Hess is wearing a wool hat pulled over her long, white-blonde hair; when she lifts the cup of cocoa, you can see…
SZ Podcast “The Topic” – August 30th, 2023 – Bavaria
The remains of more than 1.8 million German and foreign dead from both world wars lie in Germany. In addition to thousands of Wehrmacht soldiers, almost 400 SS men are…
Auschwitz: Virtual Tour for School Classes – Politics
The Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation is working on live guided tours via app. This would allow people all over the world to visit the memorials virtually. Visiting a school class testing…
Charlotte Solomon’s “Life? or theatre? – Ein Singespiel” in Munich – Munich
Open detailed view This self-portrait by Charlotte Salomon from 1940 gives an idea of how much the events of that time affected her. (Photo: Collection of the Jewish Museum Amsterdam…
Munich: Remembrance of the deportation of Sinti and Roma – Munich
For example Rosa Mettbach. She was deported from Munich to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. During the transport she was guarded by a man who belonged to the Sturmabteilung…
Weathered Fates: 200 Years of the Jewish Cemetery in Regensburg – Bavaria
The inscriptions on the Jewish cemetery in Regensburg, built 200 years ago, tell many touching stories. Before they finally wither, the author Waltraud Bierwirth evaluated part of them. She came…