»Deine Kraft musst du behalten – Briefe eines jungen Paares zwischen Gefängnis und Konzentrationslager 1933«

In the organizer's words:

Reading and discussion with Hanna Eggerath (moderated by Momo Giesen)

Looking back and looking ahead on the centenary of the Rhineland

In February 1933, the new Reich government issued the so-called "Ordinance for the Protection of the People and the State", on the basis of which thousands of people were arrested. Mathilde and Eugen Eggerath from Neuss also fell victim to this decree due to their membership of the KPD and were imprisoned. In an exchange of letters between Eugen Eggerath, who had worked at the Neuss theater before his arrest, and his wife, it becomes clear how both suffered under the conditions of "protective custody". At the same time, the documents from their imprisonment bear witness to the personal strength, will to live and love of the young couple.

Their daughter Hanna Eggerath (* 1935) has transcribed and explained a selection of her parents' letters. In conversation with Momo Giesen and read by members of the acting ensemble, she presents these moving contemporary documents in the Rheinische.

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