Association Supporting the Freiburg Documentation Center on National Socialism

The Förderverein Dokumentationszentrum Nationalsozialismus Freiburg held its annual meeting on November 18. Red Baron has previously reported on the Center.

The flyer

As a member of this support association for nine months, I was finally able to meet fellow Center supporters in person. Indeed, the annual meeting was well attended.

The new logo

The association board presented its annual report and showed photos of construction progress at the former tourist office, which will become the NS Documentation Center, scheduled to open in March 2025.

Last year, donations to the Center totaled nearly 35,000 euros, and membership rose from 39 to 147.

The resurrection of the Old Synagogue, which was burnt down
on Reichskristallnacht on November 9, 1938, in its present surroundings.

The Center will employ the latest technologies to bring the past to life.

During the slideshow, Red Baron suddenly appeared in a photo, listening attentively to Prof. Bernd Martin, who, in 2022, gave a guided tour to members of the Förderverein Dokumentationszentrum Nationalsozialismus Freiburg about the Nazi history of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität.

Here, he talks about the Nazi eagle that hung on the façade of Kollegiengebäude I, above the university seal. It was removed after the war, but you can still see the traces all too clearly in the photo.

Prof. Martin, an expert on Martin Heidegger, naturally focused on the philosopher who joined the Nazi Party as early as 1933, became chancellor of the university, and worked to subordinate it to the Führerprinzip (leader principle). Here, he was supported by a right-wing student body, where National Socialist ideas were strongest within the medical faculty.

The renovation work at the former tourist office is on schedule. Red Baron is eagerly awaiting the opening of the Documentation Center.

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