5 years ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V.,
Oskar-von Miller-Ring 18

21.10.2025 04:00 p.m.

Veranstaltung

Five years ago, in October 2020, the ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V. (Munich Remembrance Workshop) was founded. It is a non-profit association run exclusively by volunteers who are deeply interested in the fates of Munich victims of the Nazi regime. They meticulously reconstruct the life stories of Munich citizens who did not fit into the National Socialists' worldview. To date, the life stories of over 100 women, men and children have been researched.

The biographies are about people who were persecuted and murdered for a variety of reasons, who fled abroad to escape persecution or who committed suicide out of despair. The aim is not only to describe the suffering of these people, but also to remember their lives before persecution, their professional careers, and their families. The ErinnerungsWerkstatt is closely linked to the Memorial Signs. To mark its fifth anniversary, Memorial Signs for 14 people whose biographies have been researched and written by the ErinnerungsWerkstatt were placed.

Flora Fromm, Siegfried Gerstle, Emil Loeb, Alice and Isidor Neuburger, Max and Lilly Rothschild, Ignaz Velisch, Alice Jaffé, and Agathe, Anneliese and Klaus-Robert van Wien were considered Jewish under the racist Nuremberg Laws. They were forced out of their professions, humiliated and marginalised by the Nazis.

Anneliese van Wien was a Jewish victim of the Nazi euthanasia programme. Georg Bautler was persecuted as a homosexual and sent to several concentration camps. Marine soldier Franz Fellner evaded military service. The Wehrmacht court sentenced him to death for desertion. They all succumbed to the murderous persecution by the Nazi regime.

On Tuesday, 21 October 2025, a central memorial event took place at Goethe-Institut. Afterwards, the Memorial Signs for Georg Bautler and Franz Fellner were installed. The following day, Wednesday, 22 October 2025, twelve more Memorial Signs were installed in cooperation with the ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V.

Tuesday, 21 October 2025
4 pm
Commemorative event at the Goethe-Institut
Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18

Rebecca Cordes, Commercial Director (Interim) of the Goethe-Institut
Councillor Sebastian Schall representing the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich
Dr. h.c. mult. Charlotte Knobloch, President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria
Stefan Dickas, Chairman of ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V.
Sonja Schneidinger spoke on behalf of the relatives
Dr. Svenja Jarchow, Maxvorstadt District Committee

Registration required at erinnerungszeichen@muenchen.de

5 pm
Installation of the Memorial Sign for Georg Bautler at his former residence
Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18 (formerly Glückstraße 19)

5:30 pm
Installation of the Memorial Signfor Franz Fellner at his former residence
Barer Straße 86

Wednesday, 22 October 2025
3:30 pm
Installation of Memorial Signs for Agathe, Anneliese-Nora and Klaus-Robert van Wien, and Alice Jaffé at their former residence
Kaulbachstraße 33

Ingrid Reuther reads the biographies
Prof. Michael Reder, University of Philosophy
Patric Wolf, Schwabing-Freimann District Committee

approx. 4:30 pm
Installation of the Memorial Sign for Flora Fromm at her former residence
Franz-Joseph-Straße 41

Stefan Dickas reads the biography
Thomas Rock, Schwabing-West District Committee

approx. 5:15 pm
Installation of Memorial Signs for Siegfried Gerstle, Emil Loeb, Isidor Moritz and Alice Neuburger, Lilly and Max Rothschild, and Ignaz Velisch at their former residence
Elisabethstraße 30

Residents and members of ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V. read the biographies

Flyer (PDF)

Commemorative event at Goethe-Institut

Rebecca Cordes, Commercial Director (Interim) of the Goethe-Institut

Councillor Sebastian Schall, representing the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich

Biographies and portraits in the flyer

Dr. h.c. mult. Charlotte Knobloch, President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria

Sonja Schneidinger speaks on behalf of the relatives

Dr. h.c. mult. Charlotte Knobloch in conversation with Rebecca Cordes

Stefan Dickas, Chairman of ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V.

Dr Svenja Jarchow, Maxvorstadt district committee

Stefan Dickas recounts the biography of Georg Bautler

Memorial Sign for Georg Bautler

Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18 (formerly Glückstraße 19)

Installation of the Memorial Sign for Georg Bautler in front of the Goethe Institute headquarters at Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18

The Memorial Sign for Georg Bautler is installed

Stefan Dickas from the ErinnerungsWerkstatt, and Councillor Sebastian Schall

Group picture with the Memorial Sign for Georg Bautler

Memorial Sign for Georg Bautler

Memorial Sign at Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18

Memorial Sign for Franz Fellner

Barer Straße 86

Dr Eva Strauß reads the biography of Franz Fellner

Memorial Sign for Franz Fellner

The Memorial Sign for Franz Fellner is installed

Group picture with the Memorial Sign for Franz Fellner

Memorial Sign at Barerstraße 86

Memorial Sign for Franz Fellner

Memorial Signs for Agathe, Anneliese-Nora and Klaus-Robert van Wien, and Alice Jaffé

Kaulbachstraße 33

Prof. Michael Reder, Hochschule für Philosophie

Rodolfo Oster installs the Memorial Signs for his relatives

Ingrid Reuther, ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V., reads the biographies

Ingrid Reuther, ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V.

Patric Wolf speaks on behalf of the district committee

Councillor Lars Mentrup and Patric Wolf in front of the Memorial Signs

Group picture with the Memorial Signs at Kaulbachstraße 33

Memorial Signs at Kaulbachstraße 33

Installation of the Memorial Signs at Kaulbachstraße 33

Memorial Sign for Flora Fromm

Franz-Joseph-Straße 41

Installation of Memorial Signs at Franz-Joseph-Straße 41

Thomas Rock, Schwabing-West district committee

Relatives

Stefan Dickas, Chairman of ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V.

Memorial Sign for Flora Fromm

A relative installs the Memorial Sign for Flora Fromm

Group picture with the Memorial Sign for Flora Fromm

Memorial Sign at Franz-Joseph-Straße 41

Memorial Signs for Siegfried Gerstle, Emil Loeb, Isidor Moritz and Alice Neuburger, Lilly and Max Rothschild, and Ignaz Velisch

Elisabethstraße 30

Installation of the Memorial Signs at Elisabethstraße 30

Initiator Wolfgang Reinicke reads out the biographies of Isidor Moritz and Alice Neuburger

Ms Reinicke reads out the biographies of Lilly and Max Rothschild

Stefan Dickas, ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V.

Klaus Peter Münch from ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V. reads out the biographies

Resident of Elisabethstraße 30

Ruth Münch, ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V.

Klaus Peter Münch from ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V. installs the Memorial Sign together with a resident of Elisabethstraße 30

A relative of Moritz and Alice Neuburger

Sonja Schneidinger attaches the Memorial Signs for her family members Moritz and Alice Neuburger

A relative of Moritz and Alice Neuburger

Relatives of Moritz and Alice Neuburger in front of the Memorial Signs

Members of ErinnerungsWerkstatt with the Memorial Signs

Press:

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Images: Jonas Nefzger

5 years ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V., Oskar-von Miller-Ring 18

Memorial Sign for Georg Bautler

Memorial Sign for Franz Fellner

Memorial Signs for Agathe, Anneliese-Nora and Klaus-Robert van Wien, and Alice Jaffé

Memorial Sign for Flora Fromm

Memorial Signs for Siegfried Gerstle, Emil Loeb, Isidor Moritz and Alice Neuburger, Lilly and Max Rothschild, and Ignaz Velisch

To the biographies

5 years ErinnerungsWerkstatt München e. V.,
Oskar-von Miller-Ring 18