Every year on January 27, the liberation of the survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red Army is commemorated. This is also traditionally done in front of the memorials in Fürstenfeldbruck and Gröbenzell. In the district town, a little more than a hundred people came to commemorate together in a light snowfall. About half of them are police officers. The visitors also included numerous politicians such as the deputy district administrator Martina Drechsler, Germering's mayor Andreas Haas and...
Eva Circulation is standing where she should have died. That's what the National Socialists wanted. They deported the almost two-year-old Eva and her parents to Auschwitz-Birkenau in November 1944. Now, a good 78 years later, Eva Runde is standing in the building that they called "Sauna" at the time. "Dear Naomi," she begins her speech.She is happy that her granddaughter is with her. Naomi is 19 years old, she came specially from the US, where she lives with her family,...
Status: 01/27/2023 11:59 am With an hour of remembrance, the Bundestag for the first time specifically commemorated the persecution of queer people during the Nazi era. Many died as a result of forced labor and inhumane conditions in the concentration camps. On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Bundestag commemorated the victims of National Socialism in the morning. For the first time, the focus was on people who were persecuted by the National Socialists because of their...
Status: 01/27/2023 06:01 a.m Today the Bundestag commemorates the victims of National Socialism. For the first time, the focus is on sexual minorities. They were still persecuted long after the end of the war. By Uwe Jahn, ARD Capital Studio Since 1996, January 27 has been the day on which Germany commemorates the victims of the Holocaust. There will be a commemoration ceremony in the Bundestag again this year - with a special focus on sexual minorities who were persecuted...
On January 27, 1945, the Red Army liberated the inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp from their unimaginably cruel captivity. In 1996, therefore, January 27 was legally established as the official German day of remembrance for the victims of National Socialism, and in 2005 the United Nations declared it an international day of remembrance.On this occasion, the [email protected] group invites you to quietly commemorate the victims. The participants will meet on Friday, January 27th at 6 p.m. at the Poinger...
A lot of fuss about an unsuccessful attempt to extinguish the fire: Brewery boss Michael Möller, together with the Hofbräuhaus landlords Wolfgang and Michael Sperger, drove to the historic site of 1823 with a historic aerial ladder truck, borrowed from the Munich Fire Brigade Museum. Also on the fire engine: a quartet of Obermüller musicianswhich are something like the house chapel of the Hofbräuhaus.The Magirus-Deutz vehicle, which leisurely drove from Platzl via Am Kosttor and Maximilianstrasse to the opera forecourt...
There is enough beer at the commemoration of the fire in the National Theater 200 years ago. The mood is remarkably good, although two competitors for the rooms of the "Südtiroler Stuben" meet.A lot of fuss about an unsuccessful attempt to extinguish the fire: Brewery boss Michael Möller, together with the Hofbräuhaus landlords Wolfgang and Michael Sperger, drove to the historic site of 1823 with a historic aerial ladder truck, borrowed from the Munich Fire Brigade Museum. Also on the...
When the right-wing terrorist arson attack on the Munich nightclub "Liverpool" marks the 39th anniversary on Saturday, there will still be no memorial plaque for Corinna Tartarotti, who was murdered by neo-Nazis at the time, and the other victims who survived with injuries. A broad left-wing majority in the Munich city council had this sign of remembrance required a year ago. There have been talks behind the scenes ever since. But at the commemoration on Saturday in Schillerstrasse there will...
Vatican Commemoration of Benedict XVI - Preparation for funeral services While believers worldwide around Benedict XVI. mourn, the Vatican prepares the funeral services. photo © Federico Gambarini/dpa Preparations for the funeral services for the death of Benedict XVI begin in the Vatican. Meanwhile, important political figures and high clergymen have thought of the late Papa Emeritus. The Catholic Church and many believers around the world commemorate Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. The former pontiff, who died on New Year's Eve morning,...
After two years of Corona, hundreds of mountain riflemen commemorated the Sendlinger Murder Christmas of 1705 for the first time on Christmas Eve. Around 600 mountain riflemen gathered in front of the Oberländer monument in Waakirchen in the district of Miesbach to commemorate the battle a good 300 years ago. The participants came from 47 companies between Chiemgau and Werdenfelser Land. Ex-Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber was there as an honorary member of the mountain riflemen in uniform. Head of State...
