Work on the former Gestapo cell in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse as a future historical learning site is underway. “We currently plan to open in mid-2025,” the state’s center for political education said Rhineland-Palatinate with. The goal is to show how fragile democracy can be – “and why it’s worth standing up for democracy,” said a spokesperson for state headquarters. “And why it’s worth fighting for and protecting the freedoms we’re allowed to enjoy again and again. ”
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Among other things, a permanent exhibition about the system is to be set up in the former basement of the Secret State Police Gestapo, but it also wants to provide information about perpetrators and victims. “This should also make it possible to view individual, selected and prepared files from the Gestapo holdings preserved in the Speyer State Archives.” More than 57,000 cards from the Gestapo file from Neustadt an der Weinstrasse as well as just over 12,000 remaining files are stored there.
“They can give an insight into what happened to the persecuted, but also into how the Gestapo works and the scope of the officers,” explained the spokesman. Neustadt would be the third state memorial site. in Rhineland-Palatinate which is run by the state headquarters – together with the Osthofen concentration camp memorial and the SS / Hinzert concentration camp memorial.
Therefore, it should be possible to work with school classes in Neustadt. “According to the goal formulated by the Minister of State Stefanie Hubig in the state parliament in 2019, that every student should have the opportunity to visit a monument or a place of remembrance,” he emphasized the spokesman, referring to the SPD politician Last year, Science Minister Clemens Hoch (SPD) visited the site.
The future historical learning space is a joint project between the city and the state headquarters/Ministry of Science and Health. “The city of Neustadt is our most important partner in this project,” said the spokesperson. “It has owned this building since 2019 – and is very interested in dealing with it this case.
Work on the former Gestapo cell in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse as a future historical learning site is underway. “We currently plan to open in mid-2025,” the state’s center for political education said Rhineland-Palatinate with. The goal is to show how fragile democracy can be – “and why it’s worth standing up for democracy,” said a spokesperson for state headquarters. “And why it’s worth fighting for and protecting the freedoms we’re allowed to enjoy again and again. ”
Among other things, a permanent exhibition about the system is to be set up in the former basement of the Secret State Police Gestapo, but it also wants to provide information about perpetrators and victims. “This should also make it possible to view individual, selected and prepared files from the Gestapo holdings preserved in the Speyer State Archives.” More than 57,000 cards from the Gestapo file from Neustadt an der Weinstrasse as well as just over 12,000 remaining files are stored there.
2024-04-20 19:00:28
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