The Holocaust memorial at Opernplatz Inaugurated in 1994, the memorial next to the opera house commemorates Jewish citizens of Hanover that were deported and murdered. Although faced with a measure of opposition, the civic initiative Memorial association [Memorial e.V.] succeeded in erecting this important site in the heart of the city. The costs for the…
Neues Rathaus: the New Town Hall in Hanover Four scale models of the city vividly illustrate Hanover’s development, from the time it was the small residential seat of the House of Guelph (or Welf) (1689), to an industrial city on the eve of the Second World War (1939); then from the almost completely destroyed city…
ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage Located in the heart of the city, opposite the Neues Rathaus [New City Hall] in the Rathauskontor building complex, the ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage [Centre for Moral Courage] is an educational centre designed to appeal to all sectors of the community. It was opened in March 2021 and welcomes schoolchildren and all visitors with an…
Special court Hanover Special Courts, including the Special Court in Hanover, evolved over the 12 years of National Socialist rule from being special criminal tribunals dedicated to the persecution of the Nazi’s political opponents to “armoured troops of the criminal justice system”, there to keep the entire (wartime) society submissive by doling out draconian threats…
Tour 4: Financial theft and art theft Mit dem Laden der Karte akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerklärung von OpenStreetMap Foundation.Mehr erfahren Karte laden OpenStreetMaps immer entsperren Duration: 01:05Distance: 4,22 km Financial theft and art theft The robbing first of those who emigrated, then of the Jews and Sinti who were deported to their deaths was a…
Tour 3: Workers’ movement and resistance Mit dem Laden der Karte akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerklärung von OpenStreetMap Foundation.Mehr erfahren Karte laden OpenStreetMaps immer entsperren Duration: 01:15Distance: 4,92 km Workers’ movement and resistance Hanover was a city with a prominent labour movement supportive of social democratic ideas. Towards the end of the Weimar Republic, this movement…
Tour 2: The persecution of the Sinti under National Socialism Mit dem Laden der Karte akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerklärung von OpenStreetMap Foundation.Mehr erfahren Karte laden OpenStreetMaps immer entsperren Duration: 00:43Distance: 2,85 km The persecution of the Sinti under National Socialism The persecution of the Sinti and Roma by the National Socialists was primarily an escalation…
Tour 1: Jewish life under National Socialism Mit dem Laden der Karte akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerklärung von OpenStreetMap Foundation.Mehr erfahren Karte laden OpenStreetMaps immer entsperren Duration: 00:48Distance: 3,14 km Jewish life in Hanover The inauguration of their first dedicated synagogue in 1870 marked the moment when the Jews of Hanover felt they had been accepted…
Themed tours to sites of persecution and resistance in Hannover 1933-1945 All four tours around Hanover’s city centre start and end at the ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage [Centre for Moral Courage] across from the Neues Rathaus [New City Hall]. Each takes approximately an hour of actual walking – plus the time spent at the individual locations. Many…
WORKING GROUP ON REMEMBRANCE Editing team Willi Duckstein, Sören Köpke, Michael Pechel Project partners: Netzwerk Erinnerung und Zukunft The “Netzwerk Erinnerung und Zukunft in der Region Hannover e.V.” [Network Remembrance and Future in the Hanover Region] was founded in July 2006 as an alliance of some 40 clubs, associations and individuals. Its aim was and…