Books from the city archive on the open day.

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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

Stumbling stones with white roses in Erlangen.
Holocaust remembrance, Stumbling blocks

Holocaust remembrance and new stumbling blocks

Never again war - never again fascism: the day of the liberation of Auschwitz is commemorated worldwide on January 27.

Wreath-laying ceremony for Michael Poeschke on the 20th anniversary of his death on May 10, 1979
Commemoration, Lewin and Poeschke murder

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.

Black and white photo of the Schwabachanlage 10 sanatorium and nursing home from winter 2020
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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.

A stone framed by red roses and a photo.

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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City history(ies)

What did children play with in the past? Examples can be found in the city museum.

The orangery around 1890 as a black and white photo.

City history(ies)

The plans to demolish the orangery.

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"The first National Socialist university in the Reich"

The former city archivist Dr. Andreas Jakob has published a volume on the history of the University of Erlangen - initially during the Weimar Republic.

A gray concrete bus hangs from a crane cable.

Temporary memorial commemorates Nazi murders of sick people

Since February 6, Hugenottenplatz has been commemorating the patients who were taken to killing centers as part of "Aktion T4".

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Education mentors wanted

Support a child or young person with school-related issues and accompany their personal development with your valuable experience.