Ecumenical Plötzensee Days
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The Ecumenical Plötzensee Days are an annual event, commemorating martyrs and victims of National Socialism. They take place at the catholic commemoration church Maria Regina Martyrum
and at the Protestant Church of Plötzensee
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The events take place around January 23, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke’s
day of death, and January 27, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
. Besides cultural programs as performances of opera, concerts or theater, lectures and vespers
are fixed parts in the calendar of events.
Clarita von Trott zu Solz, Rosemarie Reichwein (1992), Bishop Albrecht Schönherr (1996), Friedrich-Wilhelm Marquardt (1998), Jizchak Schwersenz (1999), Günter Brakelmann (2009) and Andreas Maislinger
have been lecturing or preaching among others.
Maria Regina Martyrum
Maria Regina Martyrum is the Roman Catholic memorial church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin in Berlin, borough Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, in the locality of Charlottenburg-Nord. The church was built on behalf of the German Catholics to honour the Martyrs of Freedom of Belief and...
and at the Protestant Church of Plötzensee
Protestant Church of Plötzensee
The Protestant Church of Plötzensee is situated in Berlin-Charlottenburg and was inaugurated in 1970 as the second church building of the Protestant Congregation in North-Charlottenburg. As it is located close to the former Plötzensee Prison, the church-building was designed as a memorial for the...
.
The events take place around January 23, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke’s
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was a German jurist who, as a draftee in the German Abwehr, acted to subvert German human-rights abuses of people in territories occupied by Germany during World War II and subsequently became a founding member of the Kreisau Circle resistance group, whose members...
day of death, and January 27, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, is an international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide that resulted in the annihilation of 6 million European Jews and millions of others by the Nazi regime.. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly...
. Besides cultural programs as performances of opera, concerts or theater, lectures and vespers
Vespers
Vespers is the evening prayer service in the Western Catholic, Eastern Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran liturgies of the canonical hours...
are fixed parts in the calendar of events.
Clarita von Trott zu Solz, Rosemarie Reichwein (1992), Bishop Albrecht Schönherr (1996), Friedrich-Wilhelm Marquardt (1998), Jizchak Schwersenz (1999), Günter Brakelmann (2009) and Andreas Maislinger
Andreas Maislinger
Andreas Maislinger is an Austrian historian and founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service and Braunau Contemporary History Days.- Studying and learning :...
have been lecturing or preaching among others.
Topics
- 1992: The Kreisau CircleKreisau CircleThe Kreisau Circle was the name the Nazi Gestapo gave to a group of German dissidents centered on the Kreisau estate of Helmuth James Graf von Moltke. The Kreisauer Kreis is celebrated as one of the instances of German opposition to the Nazi regime...
and ist meaning today - 1993: Renate Wind: „Dem Rad in die Speichen fallen“ – Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and martyr. He was a participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and a founding member of the Confessing Church. He was involved in plans by members of the Abwehr to assassinate Adolf Hitler...
- 1994: Friedrich Georgi: „Wir haben das Letzte gewagt“; Wörmann: „Widerstand in Charlottenburg“
- 1995: Helmuth James Graf von MoltkeHelmuth James Graf von MoltkeHelmuth James Graf von Moltke was a German jurist who, as a draftee in the German Abwehr, acted to subvert German human-rights abuses of people in territories occupied by Germany during World War II and subsequently became a founding member of the Kreisau Circle resistance group, whose members...
’s 50th anniversary of death - 1996: Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and martyr. He was a participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and a founding member of the Confessing Church. He was involved in plans by members of the Abwehr to assassinate Adolf Hitler...
and the preaching seminar in Finkenwalde - 1997: Sigrid Jacobeit: Ravensbrück
- 1998: Being Christian after Auschwitz
- 1999: Jizchak Schwersenz
- 2000: Hans KrasaHans KrásaHans Krása was a Czech composer who was killed in the Holocaust at Auschwitz. He helped to organize cultural life in Theresienstadt concentration camp.-Life:...
: Brundibár - 2002: Ecumenical Vespers
- 2003: Harald Poelchau
- 2005: "60 years later"
- 2006: Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and martyr. He was a participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and a founding member of the Confessing Church. He was involved in plans by members of the Abwehr to assassinate Adolf Hitler...
’s 100th birthday - 2007: "Mother Marija Skobtsova – Martyr of Ravensbrück"
- 2008: "Locations of audacity" („Silent heroes")
- 2009: Helmuth James von Moltke – in the land of godless people.
- 2010: Franz JägerstätterFranz JägerstätterBlessed Franz Jägerstätter, O.F.S., was an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II. Jägerstätter was sentenced to death and executed...