Memory of the pogrom night: Berlin is reminiscent of the victims in 1938

Memory of the pogrom night: Berlin is reminiscent of the victims in 1938

On November 9, 2024, the terrible pogrom night of 1938 was commemorated in Berlin when brutal violence against the Jewish population was exerted in Germany. On this dark night, over 1,000 people were murdered, 30,000 were deported and numerous synagogues rose in flames. These memorial events are a powerful sign against forgetting and the discrimination that the Jewish community has suffered. Numerous ceremonies and events take place in the capital to honor the victims and keep your memory alive.

The Jewish community in Berlin organizes a commemoration on November 12th in the parish hall in Fasanenstrasse, in which the names of the 55,696 murdered Berlin Jews are read out. On November 9 itself, there will be a wreath-laying in at 12 noon at the Fraenkelufer synagogue, followed by further memorial actions, including a search for traces to the Jewish life in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and a concert with forgotten Jewish composers in Neukölln. In Schöneberg, a vigil under the motto "against anti -Semitism, racism and right ideas - never again!" held.

Diverse memorial events

November 9th is celebrated throughout Berlin with a variety of events. The Lichtenberg district office invites you to commemorate a memorial stone for the former synagogue, while in Spandau there is a memorial lesson with representatives of the Jewish community. In Reinickendorf, a reading is carried out to remember the victims of fascism. The "Grandmas against Right" initiative calls for a common memory in front of the monument to the Jewish victims of fascism, while the anti -fascist alliance calls for a memorial rally and subsequent demonstration in order to protest the current challenges for the culture of memory.

In addition, stumbling blocks are organized in many neighborhoods in order to keep the sacrificial memory of the victims alive. These diverse events show that the memory of the 1938 pogrom night is still of great importance and that the memory of the past is inextricably linked to the fight against anti -Semitism and racism.