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The Fritz Bauer Forum is being established at the main cemetery at Havkenscheid (Feldmark 107) as an international place for research, education, art and dialogue in Bochum. Based on the life’s work of the lawyer and Holocaust survivor Dr Fritz Bauer (1903-1968), the forum promotes the discussion of democracy and human rights. The centrepiece is the former Havkenscheid mourning hall, which is being converted into the Fritz Bauer Library, and the adjoining former municipal depot, which will become an international venue for seminars, workshops, art and media.
The former mourning hall was designed by the Bochum city architect Ferdinand Keilmann (1907- 1979), who was a member of the NSDAP and joined the SPD after the war. After 1945, Keilmann underwent the denazification process twice, after which he was appointed to the Bochum Building Department.
The guided tours shed light on the history of the site and its new use by the Fritz Bauer Forum.
A joint offer of the VHS Bochum(programme) and the Fritz Bauer Forum of the non-profit BUXUS STIFTUNG
G 12023 Tour
Magdalena Köhler, M.A.
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 5.00 – 6.30 pm
Meeting point: At the old mourning hall, Feldmark 107 20 participants, 6,- EUR, reduced 3,- EUR
magdalena.köhler@buxus-stiftung.de
Magdalena Köhler (M.A.)
Events and interactive Fritz Bauer Library
Phone
+49 (0) 1573 2562392email address
magdalena.koehler@fritz-bauer-forum.deOpening hours:
Monday to Wednesday 10.00 - 16.00 | Thursday 14.00 - 17.00 | Fridays by appointment