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.
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Erlangen City Archives at Open Monument Day
"The City's Memory – Cultural Infrastructure and Knowledge Network." Archive tours during Open Monument Day on September 13, 2026.
Archive on the Move: Traces of Colonialism
"Mobile Discussion Series" with historian Theresa Winkovich and the Erlangen City Archives Saturday, September 19, 2026
Open Monument Day
On Sunday, September 13, Open Monument Day once again invites visitors to make exciting discoveries. Under the theme “NetzWERKE: Monuments & Infrastructure,” monuments will be viewed in new contexts. In addition to the traditional offerings, there will be two new events this year.
What could they do?
Traveling exhibition on "Resistance Against National Socialism, 1939–1945" on view at the Erlangen City Archives through September 24, 2026
Thematic Afternoon: Drinking Water for Erlangen
Lectures and a discussion with experts in the fields of water supply and geology focusing on the "Kitzmann Relief" at the Erlangen City Archives: "Drinking Water for Erlangen: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"
Erlangen City Archives at Open Monument Day
"The City's Memory – Cultural Infrastructure and Knowledge Network." Archive tours during Open Monument Day on September 13, 2026.
Archive on the Move: Traces of Colonialism
"Mobile Discussion Series" with historian Theresa Winkovich and the Erlangen City Archives Saturday, September 19, 2026
Open Monument Day
On Sunday, September 13, Open Monument Day once again invites visitors to make exciting discoveries. Under the theme “NetzWERKE: Monuments & Infrastructure,” monuments will be viewed in new contexts. In addition to the traditional offerings, there will be two new events this year.
What could they do?
Traveling exhibition on "Resistance Against National Socialism, 1939–1945" on view at the Erlangen City Archives through September 24, 2026
Thematic Afternoon: Drinking Water for Erlangen
Lectures and a discussion with experts in the fields of water supply and geology focusing on the "Kitzmann Relief" at the Erlangen City Archives: "Drinking Water for Erlangen: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"
