Öffentliche Führung: Verfolgen und Aufklären. Die erste Generation der Holocaustforschung.

In the organizer's words:

After the liberation in 1945, the few survivors found themselves
found themselves on the edge of the abyss: six million Jews were
Jews were murdered by the National Socialists in the Holocaust.
murdered in the Holocaust. The lives and cultural environment of the survivors
survivors were destroyed. In this situation, the
members of the first generation of Holocaust researchers felt called to
called to action. They asked themselves how they could commemorate the
the murdered. Is there an appropriate way to remember the
the countless dead and the communities that were wiped out
to give them back their names and their dignity? They
have endeavored to draw their own picture of the Holocaust that is not
not shaped by the perspective of those who committed the crimes.
committed the crimes. They wanted to collect evidence for later legal proceedings
legal proceedings and to preserve the memory of the countless
dead and the destroyed Jewish culture.
The guided tour through the exhibition Persecution and Clarification, which is dedicated to the first generation of Holocaust research, introduces
introduces selected protagonists. It makes
their achievements for science, the culture of remembrance and
culture of remembrance and criminal prosecution and highlights the resistance
they had to fight. The significance and legacy of the
of the first generation of Holocaust research is being
increasing tendencies to trivialize and deny the
of the National Socialist crimes.

As part of the Erfurt Memorial Days