Remembrance politics in the crisis

"Never again!" This demand has become the cornerstone of German politics. Never again should a war start in Germany, never again should there be genocide, never again should a dictatorship rule - these convictions have shaped German democracy for decades. In addition, the positive memory of moments and places in the history of German democracy is increasingly gaining space in political discourse.

Despite this democratic consensus, the politics of history and remembrance has always been a contested field. Political extremists try to rewrite history in their own way. Hitler is supposed to have been left-wing or the Holocaust just an insignificant episode in an otherwise glorious history. Alternative, anti-democratic remembrance is based on such bogus arguments.

How can a democratic politics of remembrance defend itself against such distortions? What are the challenges facing remembrance work and Holocaust remembrance in particular today? How can a democratic politics of remembrance be communicated in the school and university context and what specific problems arise here?

These questions will be discussed:

• PD Dr. Tobias Freimüller, Deputy Director of the Fritz Bauer Institute Frankfurt
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Bahr, Professor of Religious Education and Head of the Human Rights Education Project at RPTU in Landau

When? 18:00 - 20:00

Where? Building 42/Room 110, RPTU Campus Kaiserslautern