| Title: | Videobotschaft von Oberbürgermeister Dr. Peter Kurz zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung von Luigi Toscano "Gegen das Vergessen" / "Lest we forget" am 25. Januar im Hauptquartier der Unesco in Paris |
| Ref. code: | AV3448 |
| Ref. code AP: | AV3448 |
| Originalmedium: | nur digital vorhanden |
| Datumsbemerkung: | 25.01.2021 |
| Creation date(s): | 2021 |
| Rechte: | Stadt Mannheim |
| Inhalt_AV: | Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
In recent years, comparisons have been drawn between the current shift to the right in Europe and the rise of the fascist movements in the 1920s and 1930s. Even though Germany is an institutionally stable democracy that has been embedded for decades in the European Union – which sees itself as the guardian of peace, understanding and human rights - current social developments should alarm us.
In many countries - including Germany - we are witnessing the rise of right-wing populist and extreme right-wing parties, as well as the strengthening of anti-democratic, anti-liberal and anti-European forces.
Our past and these developments show us how fragile our democracies are and how they must be defended every single day.
With “Lest we forget”, Luigi Toscano has created a stronghold against all downplaying, dismissing, ignoring and generalising. I thank Luigi Toscano, who is a true ambassador of our city’s spirit, for his many years of commitment to a true culture of remembrance.
The victims' generation has called upon us to hold high this culture of remembrance, in our countries and in our cities.
In Mannheim, the murder and expulsion of the Jewish population forever altered the city's history. Before the Nazi regime came to power, Mannheim was home to one of the liveliest and strongest Jewish communities in Germany. More than 2,400 people – over a quarter of the Jewish population of Mannheim - were victims of racial persecution. We must remember them as fellow Mannheimers, neighbours, colleagues, friends and family. This is why we built a glass memorial cube with their names on it in our city center. Telling their stories is essential in defining who we want to be. Listening to their testimonies and fates - and letting them tell their stories through their portraits - means that we stand firmly against hatred and the resurgence of racism around the world. |
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