Berlin commemorates: International Holocaust Memorial Day on January 26th, 2024

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On the International Holocaust Memorial Day, which will be committed this year on January 26, 2024, the district office and the district council of Mitte von Berlin commemorate the victim of National Socialism. The focus is particularly on the Moabit freight station, which is the starting point of the Shoah for thousands of Berlin Jews. There the removal took place to the camp, and at this place with a wreath laying and a ceremony of the victims should now be considered. A wreath is traditionally also located in the Tiergarten town hall. In addition, a new memorial stele on the Feldzeugmeister corner Kruppstraße is reminiscent of the history of the Tattersall college warehouse and the approximately 1,000 Jews locked in it.

The day of commemoration refers to the day of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 27, 1945, in which over 1.5 million people were murdered by the National Socialists. This day marks the end of the Holocaust and is reminiscent of the immeasurable suffering that has happened millions of people.

The memorial event includes a number of program items, including an introductory speech by district mayor Stefanie Remlinger about the importance of the international Holocaust Memorial Day. Afterwards, a contemporary witness report by Nathan Friedenberg, head of the Mitte Museum and head of the area of ​​expertise for culture of remembrance and history, is presented. The singer and filmmaker Kim Seligsohn then presents a "hymn to the names", in which the names of 30 Jews are recited musically, who lived in the immediate vicinity of the Moabit freight station. The event ends with the Jewish mourning prayer Kaddisch.

The Moabit memorial location is located next to Ellen-Epstein-Straße 01, or Quitzowstraße 23, 10559 Berlin (between Lidl and Hellweg).

With this event, the district office and the district council of Mitte from Berlin would like to meet their responsibility for the culture of remembrance and history and commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. It is important to become aware of the historical events and also stand in the present against anti -Semitism and every form of racism. The commemoration day serves as a reminder that the atrocities of the Holocaust can never be repeated.

For more information, media representatives can contact the press office of the Mitte district.


Source: www.berlin.de