Student project in Passau: Jewish history is fighting for visibility!

Student project in Passau: Jewish history is fighting for visibility!

in Passau, a city with a moving Jewish history, students from the Leopoldinum Gymnasium are committed to the culture of remembrance. Under the direction of Antje Spielberger, 16 students launched the “Jüdisch to Go” project as part of a P seminar. A central player is Omid Babakhan, who is particularly interested in an old commercial building that once belonged to the Jewish merchant family Bernheim. Despite the profound history of this building, there is no indication of what it means for the city and its Jewish past. According to the report by Sonntagsblatt would like to attach the QR-Code-Tafeln group to make history tangible.

The Bernheim family, once active in Passau from around 1898 to 1935, has an interesting past. During the time before the Second World War, she not only ran a successful business, but was also part of urban life. So Niederbayern-Wiki that Alfred and Berta Bernheim were forced to sell their business in 1935. The descendants of the family, who now live in France, Israel, the USA and Great Britain, also remember their roots in Passau. A visit to the Bernheim family in the city in 2008 testified to this lasting legacy and the interest in their history.

memory and resonance

Despite the intensive preparation and the positive feedback that the project received, inquiries to the city of Passau remain unanswered to support. This raises questions about how seriously the city deals with its own history. Dean Jochen Wilde praised the project and would like to actively contribute to the revitalization of the culture of remembrance. An initiative group was founded to develop a “path of memory”. It remains to be seen whether the city administration is fulfilling the wishes of the students and whether there is a stronger integration of the public.

In another context, the discussion about the culture of remembrance is particularly relevant. In recent years, the view has changed how society deals with the National Socialist past. The debate about an inclusive access to the memory and the question of how migrants can be integrated into this culture has gained explosive. An article by bpb appeals this aspect and shows that many voices and memories that belong to the variety of society have so far remained unvapting. A post -migrant culture of remembrance could help to involve all people in the discussion.