Memorial events in the Emsland: Remember the Reichspogromnacht 1938

Memorial events in the Emsland: Remember the Reichspogromnacht 1938

Bad Bentheim, Deutschland - Emsland/Grafschaft Bentheim (ots)

On November 9, 2024, the anniversary of the terrible Reichspogromnacht from 1938 was impressively celebrated in several cities within the police inspection area Emsland/Grafschaft Bentheim. A moving meeting that was dedicated to the victims of National Socialist violent crimes took place in a peaceful framework. The unbroken meaning of the memory was emphatically underlined.

in Lathen came together 23 people on the memorial stone of the former synagogue, while the city of Meppen came up with 120 participants at the Jewish memorial. The highlight of the commemorative celebrations was a memorial service in Haren, to which about 150 people came together in the St. Johanniskirche. Haselünne offered an impressive silence, where around 50 participants hiked to the stumbling blocks to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in a honor. Further memorial events attracted numerous participants in Bad Bentheim, Nordhorn, Neuenhaus and Lingen to pay their respect.

peaceful gatherings and lively memories

75 people in Bad Bentheim thought of the synagogue staircase in Wilhelmstrasse. Nordhorn experienced an impressive mobile memorial event, in which 200 participants gathered - students from the Deegfeld high school and Mayor Berling also gave moving contributions. Neuenhaus gathered 100 participants in Klinkhamerstraße, while in Lingen only 50 people came to a memorial service in the St. Bonifatius Church, followed by a wreath resignation at the learning and memorial place Jewish school with around 80 participants.

The events were accompanied by a visible police presence, which was greeted with gratitude by those present. In a calm, contemplative atmosphere, the participants underlined their responsibility to keep the memory of the atrocities of the Reichspogromnacht and to stand up for tolerance and humanity. An impressive sign of cohesion against forgetting, which in all cities caused a emphatic message!