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Exhibition: Transit – Images from Exile
Exploring the themes of persecution, flight, and exile of a Jewish family from Dresden in the works of Argentine artist Mónica Laura Weiss from Buenos Aires WHERE: KABINETT at Zentralwerk e. V. · Riesaer Straße 32 · 01127 Dresden WHEN: January 9 to February 8, 2026, Thursday–Saturday 4–8 p.m., Sunday 3–6 p.m. Exhibition opening: Thursday, January…
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Guided tours for school groups to the exhibition “TRANSIT – Images from Exile”
From January 8 to February 8, the Förderkreis Alter Leipziger Bahnhof (Friends of the Old Leipzig Railway Station) will be showing the exhibition “TRANSIT – Pictures from Exile” in the rooms of the Zentralwerk e.V. It brings together works by the Argentine-Jewish artist Mónica Laura Weiss, which deal intensively with the themes of persecution, flight,…
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The Concept for memorial site has been published
An important step on the way to creating the Alter Leipziger Bahnhof memorial and meeting place The Förderkreis Alter Leipziger Bahnhof (Alter Leipziger Bahnhof Support Group) has published the concept commissioned by the city of Dresden for the future memorial, educational, and meeting place on the site of the former Dresden-Neustadt freight station. The concept…
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“Schweigen. Stille.” (Silence. Stillness.) Reading and discussion
We warmly invite you to a reading and discussion as part of the International Weeks Against Racism on March 31, 2025, from 6 PM at Zentralwerk, supported by various initiatives. Together, we will reflect on the importance of remembrance culture and discuss the continuities of racist violence. We will read from Ukraine Without Jews by…
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In memory of Dr Nora Goldenbogen
It was with great sadness and sorrow that we learned of the death of Dr Nora Goldenbogen yesterday. Dr Nora Goldenbogen was one of the most important advocates for a dignified place of remembrance at the Alter Leipziger Bahnhof and was a supporting member of our association. She accompanied the numerous discourses surrounding the establishment…
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Remembering the Riga Ghetto 1941-1943
On January 21, 1942, approximately 785 Jewish people from Leipzig and Dresden were deported to the Riga Ghetto. It was the first mass transport of Jews from Dresden to the occupied territories in the east. The deportation began at Dresden-Neustadt freight station— today known as ‘Alter Leipziger Bahnhof’. In the lecture by Andrejs Zacarinnijs and…
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Expelled! October 28, 1938. The history of the “Polenaktion”
Touring exhibition: Opening: October 28, 2024, 7 p.m., Blaue Fabrik, Eisenbahnstraße 1, 01097 Dresden; Opening hours: October 28 – December 1, 2024, Mon and Sun, 2-6 p.m., Thu, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. A project of the Aktives Museum – Faschismus und Widerstand in Berlin e.V., expanded for Dresden by the Förderkreis Alter Leipziger Bahnhof.…
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Remembrance in Judaism
On August 29, 2024, a public lecture by Rabbi Moshe Barnett (Chairman of the Jewish Community Dresden e. V.) on the meaning and practice of remembrance in Judaism will take place in the cultural center Blaue Fabrik. The event is part of the series “Remember – Educate – Encounter”, which is taking place for the…
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Movie: “The Jews are gone”, June 27, 2024
Place: Blaue Fabrik e.V., Eisenbahnstraße 1, 01097 Dresden Date: June 27, 2024, 6 Uhr
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March 8, 2024: Stumbling block laid in commemoration of the deportations
On March 8, 2024, a stumbling block (“Stolperschwelle”) was laid at the entrance to the former Dresden-Neustadt freight yard, from where the deportation transports departed between 1942 and 1944, in memory of the deportation of people persecuted as Jews.