The memorial is a place of commemoration for the victims of the Strasshof transit camp. At the local cemetery alone, there are roughly 500 people buried who died in this camp. The task force Verein Arbeitsgruppe Strasshof (VAS) commissioned the artist Karl Heinz Schreiner to design the memorial, the seven columns of which symbolize the […]
First laying of “Stolpersteine” (stumbling blocks) in Windeck-Rosbach
Until the 1930s, Jewish citizens lived side by side with the Christian population in the villages on the Sieg. Together they were for example active in associations or celebrated the anniversary of the synagogue in Rosbach together. When the National Socialists won the elections in January 1933 and took power, Jews were increasingly marginalized, excluded […]
Opening of the MOCAK Museum in Krakow
The project of creating a museum of contemporary art in Kraków, which had been discussed for years both within the artistic community and the local government, finally became reality towards the end of 2004, when the Municipality of Kraków purchased the land and buildings on the site of the former Schindler factory at Lipowa Street […]