Historic Responsibility
Germany is profoundly aware of the historic responsibility it bears toward the Jewish community and toward the State of Israel as a result of the crimes of the Nazi regime. This responsibility, a cornerstone of German policy, requires remembrance, reconciliation and ongoing vigilance now and in the future.
Germany Close Up
Charlotte is 22 and currently spending nine days in Berlin with a group of Jewish American students and young professionals. “I felt it was important to look into the Holocaust during my first visit to Germany, and not just to visit castles and other pretty things around the country,” she told us.
Germany Close Up
Jewish Life in Germany Today
While the number of Jewish residents in Germany is only a fraction of what it was before the Shoah, Jewish life in Germany is active, vibrant and gaining momentum. Jewish communities in large cities to smaller towns are restoring historic sites of worship and opening new synagogues, schools and community centers.
Jewish Life
A Quest for Family Roots in Germany
Journalist Jeff Kelly Lowenstein traveled to Germany in 2004 looking for answers to questions his father, a survivor of the Holocaust through the Kindertransport, and older relatives couldn't completely provide. Records carefully saved by a good friend of the family finally help Kelly Lowenstein connect with the past.
Quest for Family Roots
New Archive Focuses on Silenced Music
Numerous Jewish musicians across Europe were forbidden from performing or publishing their compositions during the Nazi years. Now, a new Center for Ostracized Music aims to recover these lost musical voices.
German Archive for Music Silenced by Nazis
Remembrance Culture
Kathrin Meyer is working for the "Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance und Research" (ITF) in Berlin. In an interview she talked about remembrance culture, academic research and remembrance initiatives.
Interview "Remembrance Must be Upheld Enduringly"
Each year on July 20, the anniversary of the attempted assassination of Hitler, Germany pauses to remember the men and women of the resistance movement who stood up for freedom and human dignity in the face of the Nazi regime, often at the risk of death.
Resistance Anniversary
