Tag: NS Documentation Center
Munich: new exhibition in the Nazi documentary center about right-wing terror – Munich
“Democracy can only get its enemies under control if it itself is stronger and more powerful,” writes Munich honorary citizen Charlotte Knobloch in a greeting to the “Right-Wing Terrorism” exhibition…
Contemporary art on a gigantic ex-Nazi site? “I get nervous” – Bavaria
A huge art area in Nuremberg exactly where the Nazis wanted to surpass the Colosseum in Rome with gigantomania? The thought makes the art historian Wolfgang Brauneis nervous. He fears…
TU Munich removes names of Nazi personalities – several halls and buildings affected – Munich
Four halls and two parts of the building at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) still bear the names of people whose history is closely linked to the Nazi era.…
Voices on the death of Bernhard Purin – Munich
The sudden death of Bernhard Purin, director of the Jewish Museum in Munich, caused consternation among friends and companions. The Austrian-born man was popular and appreciated across cultural and political…
Munich: Nazi documentary center deals with right-wing violence in 2024 – Munich
It was less than nine years ago that the Nazi Documentation Center was opened on Brienner Strasse, on April 30, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Munich from…
A documentation center on the history of Nazi ideology is being built in Bayreuth. – Bavaria
A British aristocrat, ardent Wagnerian and Richard Wagner’s son-in-law, is considered a pioneer of National Socialist racial theory. A documentation center is now to be built in his former home…
Munich: Natasha A. Kelly has problems with white feminism – Munich
“I too am a feminist. A radical black feminist, and German at that,” writes author Natasha A. Kelly in her book. In white feminist discourse, the prevailing narrative is that…
How memory shapes the future – two literature festival evenings – Munich
How do societies adequately deal with the burden of their history? Answers were sought at the Munich Literature Festival – Mirjam Zadoff and Ronen Steinke spoke at the Literaturhaus about…
Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu is awarded the Georg Elser Prize – Munich
How closely emotions are connected was demonstrated at the Georg Elser Prize award ceremony. The Eritrean writer Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu was honored for her commitment against undemocratic structures. The city…
German-Lithuanian remembrance project “Up the hill” in the Fat Cat – Munich
From the Jewish camp on Knorrstrasse in Munich up to Fort IX in Kaunaus/Lithuania: Twelve young people from Munich took this journey under the artistic direction of Dorothee Janssen and…