Which still works today: Stories of past small and big events, who have left their mark in Kassel.
Am 23. July 1935 became 20 Members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) arrested by the Gestapo. They were active in the underground and organized resistance against the Nazis in Kassel. Already after the KPD ban 1933 Thousands of party members were imprisoned throughout the Reich. From 1933 to 1945 … ▷
Before today 119 Josef Treiser was born years ago. At the age of four he moved to Kassel with his family. Josef and his nine siblings grew up in the working-class areas of Kassel, between Entenanger and Mönchebergstraße, on. The family was religious, all children attended the Jewish elementary school. Next … ▷
Seven years ago today, Walter Lübcke was shot. The former Kassel district president was on the evening of 1. June 2019 Murdered by the neo-Nazi Stephan Ernst on the terrace in front of his home. Already 2015 The neo-Nazis Stephan Ernst and Markus Hartmann set their sights on the CDU politician … ▷
Before today 58 Years of protest in Kassel against emergency laws 29. May 1968 There were protests against the commanders' meeting in Kassel. Knapp 1000 Pupils:inside and student:tried inside, to disrupt the conference of West Germany's military elite. The conference took place from 28. to 30. May and so … ▷
On the evening of 19. May 1933 are in Kassel SA- and SS columns marched on Friedrichsplatz and publicly displayed books by authors unpopular with the Nazi regime:burnt inside. round 30.000 Viewers:Inside, people enthusiastically attended this public production. Between March and October 1933, after the National Socialists came to power, … ▷
Willi Belz came from a working class background:family and was active in Kassel all his life: In March 1933 He is arrested with his father Konrad and his brother Ernst and taken to the Bürgersäle restaurant, an SA torture cellar. After his release, Willi stays as part … ▷
Am 20. July 2001 23-year-old Carlo Giuliani died when the Italian Carabinieri were shot at the G8 summit in Genoa. A short conversation with two people from Kassel about the summit protests in the Italian port city and what political significance the death still has today.
On the occasion of the “Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism”, the 27. January 2021, had the local association of those persecuted by the Nazi regime – Association of Antifascists (VVN-BdA) called for decentralized and virtual commemoration.