Cemetery of Honour on the northern bank of the Maschsee

Cemetery of Honour on the northern bank of the Maschsee Graves of victims from all over Europe: this cemetery is the resting place of 386 concentration camp prisoners, forced labourers and prisoners of war from many European countries. The victims include 154 from the former Soviet Union who were murdered in a mass shooting that…

The Holocaust memorial at Opernplatz

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…

Tour 4: Financial theft and art theft

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

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…

Thematic tours

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…

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Themed tours to sites of persecution and resistance in Hanover 1933-1945: a civil society initiative project This website features interactive maps of the city showing 50 locations where people were persecuted during the National Socialist dictatorship in central Hanover. Sightseeing tours focusing on specific themes bring to life the racist persecution of Jewish and Sinti…