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Exhibit "Now and Tomorrow"
Exhibit "Now and Tomorrow"
02.07.23 - 13.08.23
Görlitzer Fotomuseum, Löbauer Str. 7, 02826 Görlitz
Through the work of historic memory, citizens internalize their history and significance of the world as we know it. This project aims to remind us of the appalling history in order to keep the souls of the Jewish population, who suffered under national socialism, alive through memory.
Aron ha-Kodesh
Aron ha-Kodesh
The synagogue of Görlitz is the only one in Saxony to survive the Night of Broken Glass, Kristallnacht,
of November 9th 1938. Despite the order given from Berlin not to react to the fire, the fire brigade extinguished the fire. The question remains whether the fire brigade received the order too late. Reinhard Fränkel, a member of the congregation, was arrested by the Nazi after putting out the fire and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
The Torah ark, aron ha-Kodesh, stands open today and is empty. The stone seen in the photograph is what remains of it. The eternal light, ner tamid, which hung above the Torah ark no longer hangs there since that night and the synagogue no longer serves as a place of worship since the attack. Today, it is a cultural forum which serves to commemorate the synagogue and its history.
Vandalized memorial
Vandalized memorial
During the Holocaust four labor camps and a prison were active in Görlitz. This plaque is to be found on the rear side of the memorial for the victims of the KZ Biesnitzer Grund, a former labor camp. An estimate of 1400 to 1700 jewish prisoners were held there. 323 jewish inhabitants passed away and are buried in the Jewish Cemetery on Promenadenstraẞe in Görlitz. The plaque has been vandalized.
Antisemitism is ever still present in Germany today.
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