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Remembering Southern Germany’s Jewish past – initiatives and developments since the 1980’s
Author(s): Renghart, Martin
Date: 2017
Topics: Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Memorial, Jewish Museums, Holocaust Memorials
Abstract: The following article tries to give an overview of the memorial work and the preservation of Jewish heritage in Southern Germany, mainly in its rural regions, since the 1980s. Theere exist around 20 memorials in in the State of Baden-Württemberg and about the same number in Bavaria. Varying in size and ambition, many of them are housed in former synagogues or other buildings formerly in Jewish ownership. They are concentrated in the North of Bavaria, in the regions of Upper, Central and Lower Franconia and in the North of Baden-Württemberg, where from the 17th century till the 1930s many Jewish communities existed. What were the reasons for the sudden rise of interest in local Jewish history? What is on display? What were the main intentions of the initiators, and what have they achieved? What form of resistance, conflicts and criticisms occurred?