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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Commemoration of Kristallnacht
On Kristallnacht, Jewish citizens in Erlangen, Baiersdorf, and Forth were dragged from their homes by the police and the SA while the local population looked on. They were detained and mistreated at the Palais Stutterheim, which served as city hall at the time.
"Life in Erlangen 2026" Public Survey
The City of Erlangen’s Statistics Office is conducting its 15th population survey and celebrating 25 years of “Life in Erlangen.” Anyone interested can participate in our large-scale population survey through December 31, 2026.
The city will join the association for the memorial and educational site
The former sanatorium and nursing home, popularly known as “Hupfla,” was the site of some of the most heinous crimes committed during the Nazi era. The purpose of the association is to promote remembrance and preserve the memory of Nazi crimes committed in sanatoriums and nursing homes.
City History(ies): “Old Masters” in Erlangen
Starting in January 1906, approximately 120 works by the “Old Masters” from the collections of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich were on display at the Erlangen Orangery.
City History(ies): "A City Within a House" — The Tall Johann
On September 14, 1973, after four years of construction (May 1969 to September 1973), what was then Bavaria’s tallest residential building celebrated its topping-out ceremony. We’re talking about the Langer Johann.
Commemoration of Kristallnacht
On Kristallnacht, Jewish citizens in Erlangen, Baiersdorf, and Forth were dragged from their homes by the police and the SA while the local population looked on. They were detained and mistreated at the Palais Stutterheim, which served as city hall at the time.
"Life in Erlangen 2026" Public Survey
The City of Erlangen’s Statistics Office is conducting its 15th population survey and celebrating 25 years of “Life in Erlangen.” Anyone interested can participate in our large-scale population survey through December 31, 2026.
The city will join the association for the memorial and educational site
The former sanatorium and nursing home, popularly known as “Hupfla,” was the site of some of the most heinous crimes committed during the Nazi era. The purpose of the association is to promote remembrance and preserve the memory of Nazi crimes committed in sanatoriums and nursing homes.
City History(ies): “Old Masters” in Erlangen
Starting in January 1906, approximately 120 works by the “Old Masters” from the collections of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich were on display at the Erlangen Orangery.
City History(ies): "A City Within a House" — The Tall Johann
On September 14, 1973, after four years of construction (May 1969 to September 1973), what was then Bavaria’s tallest residential building celebrated its topping-out ceremony. We’re talking about the Langer Johann.
