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Memorial room in the town hall

In 2002, a memorial room was set up in Wiesbaden's town hall on Schlossplatz. The permanent exhibition focuses on the persecution of Wiesbaden's Jews under National Socialism.

The memorial room in the town hall with permanent exhibition and presentation of the "memo38" project
View of the memorial room in the town hall. The monitor shows the presentation of the first digital reconstruction of the old Wiesbaden synagogue.

Dedication of the memorial room

In 2002, a memorial room was set up in the town hall on Schlossplatz, in which the history of Wiesbaden during the National Socialist dictatorship is presented in a permanent exhibition.

The project "memo 38 - the virtual reconstruction of the synagogue on Michelsberg" is also presented here. A working group from Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences, in cooperation with the state capital of Wiesbaden and the Jewish Community of Wiesbaden, developed the first virtual reconstruction of the old synagogue on Michelsberg back in the 1990s. This reconstruction can be seen in the memorial room.

In addition, the Aktive Museum Spiegelgasse für deutsch-jüdische Geschichte in Wiesbaden e.V. regularly presents its "Erinnerungsblätter" here.

Permanent exhibition on the NS history of Wiesbaden

The exhibition "...and then they were gone" is dedicated to the Jews from Wiesbaden who were murdered in the Shoah. Among other things, it presents the fate of Paul Kester, born Paul Kleinstrass, who grew up in Wiesbaden. His parents sent him on a Kindertransport from Wiesbaden to Great Britain in 1938. He and his sister survived, while his parents and grandmother were murdered in the Shoah. The exhibition also commemorates Mathilde Hofer, the Katzenstein family from Erbenheim and Jewish life in Nordenstadt. Part of the exhibition is also dedicated to the rabbis of the two Jewish communities in Wiesbaden. Various aspects of Wiesbaden's culture of remembrance are also presented.

The memorial room was set up by the Aktives Museum Spiegelgasse für Deutsch-Jüdische Geschichte in Wiesbaden e.V. (Active Museum Spiegelgasse for German-Jewish History in Wiesbaden). The commission for its implementation was awarded by the state capital of Wiesbaden. The Wiesbaden City Archive has taken over the supervision.

Opening hours

The memorial room can be visited during the usual opening hours of the town hall. The town hall is open Monday to Friday from 7 am to 6.30 pm and on Saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm.

Literature

Selected information on the focal points of the exhibition can be downloaded here.

Further information

City archive

Address

Im Rad 42
65197 Wiesbaden

Postal address

P.O. Box 3920
65029 Wiesbaden

Notes on public transport

Public transportation: Bus stop Kleinfeldchen/Stadtarchiv, bus lines 4, 17, 23, 24 and 27 and bus stop Künstlerviertel/Stadtarchiv, bus line 18.

Opening hours

Opening hours of the reading room:

  • Monday: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Tuesday: 9 am to 4 pm
  • Wednesday: 9 am to 6 pm
  • Thursday: 12 to 16 o'clock
  • Friday: closed

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