City Walk 80 years end of World War II (in English only!)

Denkmal für die Ermordeten Juden Europas Ecke Cora-Berliner- / Hannah-Arendt-Str. | Berlin-Mitte

Ansprechpartner*in: Pfarrer Dr. Volker Jastrzembski ephorat@theologischeskonvikt.de 017672851247

The Second World War ended in Germany on May 8, 1945. To mark the occasion, we take a the dialogical city walk to the following memorials: Holocaust memorial, Homosexual memorial, Memorial for the Victims of »Euthanasia« Killings, Schools, Sinti and Roma Memorial [More information]

Participants will receive information on the historical background of the respective monuments and the social debates associated with their creation. The design concept is explained. Depending on the interest of the participants, various questions of memory are discussed: Who is thought of and who is not? How are the monuments designed? How are the monuments located in the urban area? How important is the memory of Nazi crimes today?