

Wichtiger Hinweis
Historical interest & commemoration
Erlangen has a long history with both positive and negative historical events. Here you will find an overview of the memorial sites, current projects and events, such as the "Day of the Monument".
Memorials
In memory of: Shlomo Lewin and Frida Poeschke
40 years of the Lewin and Poeschke murders: Frida Poeschke and Shlomo Lewin were murdered on December 19, 1980. Both had worked for many years for dialog between Jews and Christians, for tolerance and against fascism and anti-Semitism.
Shaping remembrance
During the National Socialist era, 905 patients from the sanatorium and nursing home were murdered in the Hartheim/Linz and Pirna-Sonnenstein killing centers. In addition, a total of 1906 patients died between 1939 and 1945, at least 700 of them from "starvation diet" and structural neglect.
Stumbling block for student Athanas Berow
A political upheaval in his home country was presumably his undoing. The "Stumbling Stones against Forgetting" commemorate the victims of National Socialism.
In memory of: Shlomo Lewin and Frida Poeschke
40 years of the Lewin and Poeschke murders: Frida Poeschke and Shlomo Lewin were murdered on December 19, 1980. Both had worked for many years for dialog between Jews and Christians, for tolerance and against fascism and anti-Semitism.
Shaping remembrance
During the National Socialist era, 905 patients from the sanatorium and nursing home were murdered in the Hartheim/Linz and Pirna-Sonnenstein killing centers. In addition, a total of 1906 patients died between 1939 and 1945, at least 700 of them from "starvation diet" and structural neglect.
Stumbling block for student Athanas Berow
A political upheaval in his home country was presumably his undoing. The "Stumbling Stones against Forgetting" commemorate the victims of National Socialism.
Latest news
Video: Election of the Advisory Board on Foreign Residents and Integration
Elections for the Advisory Board on Foreigners and Integration (AIB) will be held from July 6 to 27—for the first time, entirely online. Mayor Jörg Volleth and Rami Boukhachem, chair of the AIB, provide more information.
Educational Programs
Through a variety of events and programs—for school groups, college students, and individuals—we offer anyone interested the opportunity to learn about the archive and its work and to delve into Erlangen’s city history through selected sources.
Conference: Nazi "Euthanasia" in Franconia.
On July 9 and 10, 2026, the City Archives, in collaboration with the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, will host the conference "Nazi 'Euthanasia' in Franconia: Repression, Coming to Terms, Remembrance"
The historian Karl Hegel and his house in Erlangen
Lecture by Professor Dr. Helmut Neuhaus at the Erlangen City Archive on June 10, 2026
Reading room regulations
Reading room regulations of the Erlangen City Archive as of 2025
Video: Election of the Advisory Board on Foreign Residents and Integration
Elections for the Advisory Board on Foreigners and Integration (AIB) will be held from July 6 to 27—for the first time, entirely online. Mayor Jörg Volleth and Rami Boukhachem, chair of the AIB, provide more information.
Educational Programs
Through a variety of events and programs—for school groups, college students, and individuals—we offer anyone interested the opportunity to learn about the archive and its work and to delve into Erlangen’s city history through selected sources.
Conference: Nazi "Euthanasia" in Franconia.
On July 9 and 10, 2026, the City Archives, in collaboration with the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, will host the conference "Nazi 'Euthanasia' in Franconia: Repression, Coming to Terms, Remembrance"
The historian Karl Hegel and his house in Erlangen
Lecture by Professor Dr. Helmut Neuhaus at the Erlangen City Archive on June 10, 2026
Reading room regulations
Reading room regulations of the Erlangen City Archive as of 2025
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Head of office: Dr. Andreas Jobst
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