Tacheles* blog for more common sense and less anti-Semitism
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David
REASONS FOR PARTICIPATION
In order for the events to never repeat themselves and that there will never be the case that this happens again in the future.
MOTIVATION
To enlighten others about what happened so that there is no prejudice.
To show the bereaved and relatives that there are still people who remember what happened and are committed to prevent it from happening again.
Alexandra
REASONS FOR PARTICIPATION
I was always very interested in history. That‘s why I was so interested in the project, especially as I‘ve never heard of the many Jewish people which live in Fulda. Moreover, it was important to me to learn more about the city I live in.
GOALS
It is important to not forget the past and to learn from it. In order to achieve this, it is important to informe people about it. And not only about numbers or facts but about the way to many fates behind these datas. With my participation in the project I want to achieve a common knowledge about not seeing the Holocaust as numbers but as many faces and fates.
Ronja
REASONS FOR PARTICIPATION
I joined this group almost solely out of interest. But I also wanted to learn what I am able to do against racism and exclusion. But now, these reasons have turned into something much bigger – I have met new people with the same intentions and views as me with whom I can talk about different topics with.
I enjoy this cooperation with people who want to achieve the same as me. I also believe it is important to remember the victims of the past and to learn from it in order to do better in the future. For these reasons I am here.
Leonard
REASONS FOR PARTICIPATION
The topic of Judaism and especially the Shoah has always been of particular interest to me, which is why I wanted to know more about the subject. In addition, it is important and interesting for me to come into contact with the people who experienced all this.
However, I found another component, namely that of commemoration, to be the most important for me, as this hopefully also helps to bring more tolerance into society.
Laura-Marie
REASONS FOR PARTICIPATION
That the past shall not be forgotten in the future and today’s Anti-Semitism comes to an end
Spreading awareness about prejudices and discriminations in society
Remembering and honouring the people who were murdered and deported
MOTIVATION
Having the chance to be a part of an incredible project
To spare a thought of the people who are facing injustice and inequality daily because of discrimination and prejudices and to fight for them
To learn more about Jewish history within Fulda
Leni
REASONS FOR PARTICIPATION
The reasons behind me joining this group were my already existing interest in history, especially this particular chapter of it. Other than that, the rise of racism and assaults with Anti-Semitic motives led to me engaging more with this topic. Finally, I came to realise how insufficient the commemoration is in my home town.
MOTIVATION
That’s why I decided to join this group – in order to inform myself and to engage with other adolescents concerning this topic. However, this isn‘t my only motivation to stay in the group anymore – the cooperation with people of the same age as me who are sharing my interests means a lot to me and is very inspirational!
Emma
REASONS FOR PARTICIPATION
The topic of Anti-Semitism has always interested me. The project offers a lot of opportunities to get involved and get in touch with special people and learn more about their histories and fates.
GOALS
It is important that the events that happened in the past are not forgotten and that people deal more with the topic of present-day Anti-Semitism and racism.
Historical map
Find out whether Jewish families lived on your street. We show the places where Jewish families lived in Fulda from 1933 to 1942.
(Letters A – L; is constantly updated)
Zachor – Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Deportation from Fulda on December 8, 1941
Us young people of the project group “Jewish Life in Fulda” of the Winfried School commemorate the deportees. Due to the pandemic, a digital memorial book was created and the names of the 135 deportees were read out. We will not forget.
What is actually …
Our popular section for the curious, upscale small talk, or just know-it-all.
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Talmud – תַּלְמוּד
Mikwe – מִקְוֶה
Chanukka – חנוכה
Joe Hess about the Kindertransport
On Thursday, the 11th February, we all had the opportunity to virtually meet Joe Hess, a survivor of the Holocaust from Fulda. Joe Hess, born as Josef, was born in 1932 in Fulda and managed to flee, together with his sister, to Great Britain. 1948 he and his siter emigrated to the USA, where they both still live until this day. In 1955, Joe received the message of his father‘s survival despite him becoming a prisoner of war after surviving multiple camps. Consequently, he and his father reunited in Fulda.
Life stories
Read the touching and moving stories of the Jewish families in Fulda.
Reading broadens the mind
Here you will find thoughtful, instructive, unknown and also amusing things.
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Menachem & Fred: Thoughts and Memories of Two Brothers
We don’t forget: birthdays in April
As a group, we would like to remember the murdered people in particular on their birthdays. With many victims we do not know when they were torn from life, but on a birthday we can think specifically of this one person and show him or her and the families that this person has not been forgotten.
For this reason we label a stone with the name and the birthday. Sometimes we’re even lucky enough to have a photo of the person so we can look into his and her eyes.
Isaak Blumenthal
Rosa Rosskopf
Julie Gruenberg
Karolina Lina Hess
Rosa Malz
Jonas Tannenberg
Leo Lehmann
Samuel Weinberg
Rika Levi
Frieda Kahn
Sieghard Bacharach
Babette Wahlhaus
Anna Lehmann
Max Mordechai Ansbacher
Franziska Strauss
Justin Weinberg
Friederike Hess
Leib Wolf Herbstmann
Paul Halberstadt
Fanny Jenny Goldschmidt
Gerda Braunold
Josef Appel
David Kunstadt
Paula Alexander
Ernst Stein
Klara Freund-Fischel
Karl Strauss
Berta Gumpert
Semi Katz
Hans Peter Bacharach
Dilla Feldheim
Lina Floersheim
Helene Karoline Adler
Bertha Wiesenberg
Salomon Ansbacher
Else Bella Anholt Karpf
Sara Hess
Ruth Weinberg
Heinrich Wetzlar
Heinz Karpf
Kurt Loewenberg
Fritz Loewenberg
„Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home” –
REFUGE is a one-hour documentary that reaches back more than 75 years to give a voice to the last generation of Central European, Jewish Holocaust survivors and refugees. The film of Ethan Bensinger (his mother left Fulda in 1935, editor’s note) explores the lives of six Chicagoans against the context of the Nazi cataclysm, and the resourceful community that came together to create a singular place those fleeing persecution could call home. Warm, moving and deeply personal, REFUGE interweaves remarkable testimony, archival footage and expert commentary.
Annotation: Ethan Bensinger has been supporting the project “Fulda – Auschwitz” since the screening of his film “Refuge – Stories of the Selfhelp Home” at the Bardoschule Fulda and started to send private photos and documents. The biography of his mother is the first family history on this website and was created with the assistance of one of the students from the Bardoschule.
Movie recommendations
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Kristallnacht in the City of Fulda – Arnold Goldschmidt remembers
Joe Hess from Fulda about the Kindertransport
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Anti-Semitic crimes
Anti-Semitic crimes in Germany last year (2,275) reached their highest level since the country started keeping statistics in 2001. The Central Council of Jews in Germany blames coronavirus conspiracy theorists for the recent rise in anti-Semitic hate crime.
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