On 6 March 2023 a discussion was held in the Filmhaus, a municipal cinema in Nuremberg, at the premiere of Bernd Michael Lade’s film »Der Zeuge« (»The Witness«). When I received the…
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On this mild September evening, almost all the seats are taken in the foyer of the Palatinate State Library in Speyer. Author Alfons L. Ims is seated on the podium alongside archivist…
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On 21 and 22 January 2023, relatives of people persecuted by the Nazis as »asocials« and »career criminals« attended a meeting in Nuremberg. This was a historic gathering: those present founded an…
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On 31 July 2022 an event was held to launch the book »Eine ›asoziale‹ Pfälzer Familie. Wie in der NS-Zeit aus einem Sozialfall moralische Minderwertigkeit gemacht wurde« (»An ›
Asocial‹ Family from the…
People were defined as »asocial« and faced persecution if they did not fit into the »national community« (»Volksgemeinschaft«) under Nazism. The groups affected were primarily the unemployed, the homeless, prostitutes or non-conformist youth. They were accused of posing a danger to society. The welfare authorities, justice system and police were among the institutions which worked together to persecute these individuals. They created a dense network of surveillance and compulsory measures.
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For much of his life the dramatist and educator Harald Hahn was in the dark about his family history. His relatives did not speak about their memories of World War Two. Hahn…
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On 20 January 2022 we met with Petra Vollmer and Stefan Romey in Hamburg and asked them about their work on behalf of people whose persecution under National Socialism was not recognised…
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On 15 December 2021 we interviewed Detlef Garbe. The focus of our discussion was early research into the persecution of people stigmatised as »asocials« and »career criminals« under National Socialism. Detlef Garbe…
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On 14 December 2021 we met with Frank Nonnenmacher. In our interview we talked about his campaign for people who were persecuted as »asocials« and »career criminals« to be officially recognised as…
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