The Union discovers the memory of the horrors of the SED regime whenever it can use it for its own purposes, and then enjoys presenting itself as a fighter against this injustice. In reality, the East CDU supported the SED regime. It would be time for Müller and Co. to address this. (translated)
The article describes the emotional letter from Corina to her murdered sister Daniela, who became a victim of a femicide in 2023, and criticizes the societal perception of femicides as isolated incidents, while preserving the personal memory of Daniela as a person and sister. #Femizid #Frauenrechte #Erinnerung (translated)
Decency is something you have or you don't. Tweet from Klaus Wiener, member of the Bundestag from the CDU and spokesman for the Economic Committee. As a reminder: Bärbel Bas is stepping down due to the death of her stepdaughter and ongoing public attacks from within the Union. (translated)
Faces of War remembered Hans Hutterer, who, according to the contribution, had worked as a gardener's assistant in the Bavarian Forest and had fallen at the Eastern Front on October 12, 1942, at the age of 18. The account published verses about farewell and mourning and ended with the appeal "Never again war." #NieWiederKrieg https://t.co/WJaUNtbp09 #NieWiederKrieg #Erinnerung #Frieden (translated)
The author of the article accused Hape Kerkeling of portraying his grandfather in a speech in the Thuringian state parliament as a victim of National Socialism and of dramatically equating his imprisonment in Buchenwald with that of persecuted Jews. According to the author, Kerkeling concealed the reasons for his grandfather's imprisonment, Hermann Anton Kerkeling. According to the article, Hermann Anton Kerkeling was sentenced to eight years in a correctional facility in October 1933 for 17 counts of livestock and property theft during the economic crisis. Shortly thereafter, an additional year was added for preparation for high treason, among other things in connection with the communist pamphlet Rote Welle. He served his sentence in Münster, Papenburg, and Bremen. After that, the Gestapo ordered protective custody in Münster in May 1942. On July 2, 1942, Kerkeling was brought to Buchenwald as a political prisoner with the number 6117. He worked in the effects chamber and remained in Nazi custody until the liberation of the camp on April 11, 1945 – a total of about twelve years. He died in Recklinghausen in 1993 at the age of 91. The author described him as an active communist and gang thief, not as a typical victim of National Socialism. #Geschichte #Nationalsozialismus #Erinnerung (translated)
Hape Kerkeling tells of his grandfather Hermann, a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp, while old allegations against the communist carpenter are being raised to politically attack the famous grandson. #HapeKerkeling #Buchenwald #Erinnerungskultur (translated)
The account "Faces of War" wrote that the brothers Johann, Ludwig, Karl, and Josef Schwaiger came from a farm in Neutiefenweg, which today belongs to Aholming in the Isar Valley. All four fell at the Eastern Front between 1941 and 1944. Johann died at the age of 20, Ludwig was 28, and Josef was 22 years old. Karl Schwaiger died on October 11, 1941, at the age of 29. #NieWiederKrieg #WirVergessenNicht #Geschichte #Erinnerung #Frieden (translated)
The author asked whether the AfD vice president of the state parliament had been prevented from attending a memorial service for the attack on the synagogue in Halle, and whether Ms. Prien had suggested to him, referencing 1933, that there was a "seizure of power." #Halle #Gedenkfeier #AfD #DE (translated)
The increasing anti-Semitism following the Hamas massacre on October 7 has profoundly impacted the lives of Jewish people and raises the fundamental question of safe living spaces. #Antisemitismus #JüdischesLeben #Erinnerungskultur (translated)
Andreas Babler was the chairman of the SPÖ from 2023 to 2026, rhetorically led the party to the left, but despite his energetic campaigns, he could not win the election in 2024 and remains in the public's memory a controversial figure of his short but significant term. #AndreasBabler #SPÖ #Politik (translated)
A whole village in Güstrow is commemorating the eight-year-old Fabian, who was murdered a year ago, with stuffed animals, remembrance trees, and an entry in the football club, while the trial against the accused is ongoing. #Gedenktag #Fabi #Trauer (translated)
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African human rights activist Navanethem Pillay, while new US sanctions against the International Criminal Court and other current topics such as memories of an anti-Semitic attack and the dispute in the Bundestag were discussed. #Friedensnobelpreis #Menschenrechte #Bundestag (translated)
On the 7th anniversary of the antisemitic attack in Halle, a memorial was held that included both emotional remembrance and a call to combat anti-Semitism. #Halle #Antisemitismus #Gedenktag (translated)
The crisis at Union Berlin is intensifying, as the new coach Mauro Lustrinelli, despite his offensive playing philosophy, is struggling with a disastrous record of only one point from four games and 17 goals conceded, while memories of the successful time under Urs Fischer are gradually fading. #UnionBerlin #Bundesliga #Lustrinelli (translated)
She survived Auschwitz as a small child and continues to fight against anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism with great strength and personal commitment to this day. "She survived Auschwitz as a small child and continues to fight against anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism with great strength and personal commitment to this day," Wüst said. #AfDVerbot #Antisemitismus #Erinnerungskultur (translated)
The Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst, met with Auschwitz survivor Eva Umlauf, who urged him to take action against the AfD, while he emphasized the importance of her commitment against anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism. #AfDVerbot #Antisemitismus #Erinnerungskultur (translated)
Jeanette Therese Voermann paid her respects to the Jewish students. She wrote that for years, people had incited against the culture of remembrance and then were outraged when Jewish students denied access to a representative of the far-right AfD to a synagogue. Voermann referred to this as "chutzpah" and wrote that it could not be learned. https://t.co/VDSgPIUp6O #Erinnerungskultur #JüdischesLeben #Respekt (translated)
Nurder Koch wrote that Nazih Musharbash criticized on phoenix that Palestinians are placed under general suspicion, that their grief, perspective, and dead hardly receive attention, and that criticism of the Israeli government is quickly associated with antisemitism. Musharbash emphasized that the lives of all people are equally valuable. If the victims of October 7 are remembered but the mass killings of Palestinians are ignored, it is, according to Koch, not a universal culture of remembrance but state reason. #Menschenrechte #Gleichwertigkeit #Gedenken (translated)
Oliver Gorus wrote that Friedrich Merz had pledged before the election to adhere to the debt brake and to refrain from tax increases. After the election, he imposed record debts on the citizens, raised taxes, and continuously introduced new levies, according to Gorus. Gorus also accused Merz of going against his promise to put an end to leftist politics, claiming he has been pursuing socialist redistribution policies and expanding the state since taking office. Gorus stated that Merz would go down in history as the most brazen liar in a German government position since the founding of the Federal Republic. #Steuern #Politik #Merkel (translated)
Hasnain Kazim wrote that his grandmother would have turned 105 years old on that day. Mariechen and her husband Erich had taken in his mother, who was heavily pregnant at the time and had just joined her husband, Kazim's father, from Pakistan. His grandmother had cleared a room in her house in Rastede; a few weeks later, Kazim was born in Oldenburg. He wrote that he had from the very beginning had a grandma and grandpa and remembered both as wonderful and warm-hearted people. #Erinnerungen #Familie #Liebe (translated)
