To commemorate the burning of books in 1933, the end of the Second World War and on the occasion of Europe Day
The small Thuringian town of Weimar continues to exert an extraordinary fascination to this day. This is because this place, like no other, reveals the highs and lows of German, Jewish and European history like a magnifying glass. Indeed, what has Weimar not seen and experienced – of what is important in and for Germany, for its relationship with Judaism and for its position in Europe? The city can point to an almost endless list of important names who have worked here. Weimar is not just the “City of Goethe and Schiller”, as it has always liked to call itself. It is much more, namely an incomparable reflection of the shared history of our country, an – according to Peter Merseburger – “ambivalent place of destiny”, which has experienced glorious intellectual greatness and wretched barbarism, the noble and sublime and the terribly abysmal.
Franz Rainer Enste’s lecture aims to open up this mirror – accompanied by impressive photographic impressions by Manfred Zimmermann and thoughtfully complemented by musical contributions from accordionist Nico Gutu.
