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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What could they do?
Traveling exhibition on “Resistance to 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"
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.”
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.
What could they do?
Traveling exhibition on “Resistance to 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"
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.”
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.
