The Bunte Tavern In the waning years of the Weimar Republic, the local group of the Socialist Workers’ Party of Germany [Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, abbreviated to SAP] meets in the “Bunte Tavern” in the heart of Hanover’s old town. The aim is to form a united front against the increasingly powerful political right. After the…
An der Börse: Stolperstein for Willy Scheinhardt A victim of political murder: a ‘Stolperstein’ [literally a ‘stumbling stone’ in the form of a brass plaque] commemorates Willy Scheinhardt at the former headquarters of the German Factory Workers’ Union [‘Fabrikarbeiterverband’ abbreviated to FAV]. Born in Saxony in 1892, this unskilled labourer was already active in the…
The old trade union building at Goseriede The heart of Hanover’s labour movement: Hanover’s trade union building was a large housing complex situated between Goseriede and Odeonstrasse with several inner courtyards. It served as the headquarters of the SPD newspaper “Volksstimme” [literally, ‘Voice of the People’] and many individual trade unions. As early as 1…