Memorial Signs for former tenants of Münchner Wohnen,
Walchenseeplatz 15

23.07.2024 04:30 p.m.

Veranstaltung

For the second time, Münchner Wohnen was carrying out a cultural remembrance project together with Public History at the City of Munich's Department of Culture. Under expert guidance, twelve of the company's trainees researched the lives of people from Obergiesing and Harlaching who became victims of Nazi persecution, and who had lived in flats owned by Münchner Wohnen's predecessor companies, GEWOFAG and GWG.

At the start of the project, the trainees only had limited information such as the names, birth and death dates of Munich residents Fritz Hausmann, Franz Kohn, Theodor Sternau and Richard Sicher, who were persecuted as Jews, as well as a Jehovah's Witness Alois Koller. The trainees researched the lives of the former GEWOFAG and GWG tenants using a variety of sources from different archives. Their reseach made the crimes of the Nazi regime in Munich very visible in an impressive way.

A memorial event for the former GEWOFAG and GWG tenants was held at Walchenseeplatz 15 (courtyard) on Tuesday, 23 July 2024. Speakers included City Councillor Heike Kainz, representing the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich, Dr Doris Zoller, the Chairwoman of the Management Board of Münchner Wohnen, Ellen Presser from the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, and Christoph Wilker for the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Afterwards, the Memorial Signs were placed at the tenants' former homes where Münchner Wohnen trainees read out the biographies they had researched. During the installation of the Memorial Sign for Theodor Sternau at Soyerhofstraße 24, a citizen who had read about the event in the newspaper came forward and gave the trainees a photo showing her mother as an apprentice next to Theodor Sternau's brother Otto in the Hochvogel pharmacy at Soyerhofstraße 26, which was run by the brothers.

Tuesday, 23 July 2024
4.30 pm
Commemorative event
Walchenseeplatz 15 (inner courtyard)

Councillor Heike Kainz, representing the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich
Dr Doris Zoller, Chairwoman of the Management Board of Münchner Wohnen
Ellen Presser, Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria
Christoph Wilker for the Jehovah's Witnesses
Lena Jansen and Dina Coskun, trainees at Münchner Wohnen
Carmen Dullinger-Oßwald, District Committee 17 - Obergiesing-Fasangarten

From approx. 5.30 pm
Placing of the Memorial Signs at the former places of residence

Flyer (PDF)

The commemorative event for the former tenants of Münchner Wohnen

Councillor Heike Kainz on behalf of the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich

Dr Doris Zoller, Chairwoman of the Management Board of Münchner Wohnen

Ellen Presser, Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria

Commemorative event for former tenants of Münchner Wohnen

Christoph Wilker from Jehovah's Witnesses

Lena Jansen und Dina Coskun, trainees at Münchner Wohnen

Carmen Dullinger-Oßwald, District Committee 17 - Obergiesing-Fasangarten

The programme of the commemorative event

Ellen Presser in conversation with trainees from Münchner Wohnen

Lena Jansen und Dina Coskun in conversation with Ellen Presser

Group picture with Münchner Wohnen trainees

Selinay Avci and Zygmunt-Riccardo Fusco, trainees at Münchner Wohnen

Eva Lippacher and Eva Renner, trainees at Münchner Wohnen,

Simon Arnold and Marco Da Pra, trainees at Münchner Wohnen

Carina Findl and Fynn Kukla, trainees at Münchner Wohnen

Vanessa Steinweg und Robert Petsch, trainees at Münchner Wohnen

Memorial Sign for Fritz Hausmann

Walchenseeplatz 15

Eva Lippacher and Eva Renner, trainees at Münchner Wohnen, read out the biography of Fritz Hausmann.

The Memorial Sign for Fritz Hausmann

Eva Lippacher and Eva Renner, trainees at Münchner Wohnen, read out the biography of Fritz Hausmann

The newly installed Memorial Sign for Fritz Hausmann

Eva Lippacher and Eva Renner read out the biography of Fritz Hausmann

Councillor Heike Kainz with the trainees Eva Lippacher and Eva Renner

Memorial Sign for Richard Sicher

Perlacher Straße 51

Selinay Avci and Zygmunt-Riccardo Fusco, Münchner Wohnen trainees, read out the biography of Richard Sicher.

The Memorial Sign for Richard Sicher

The memorial sign for Richard Sicher is installed

Selinay Avci and Zygmunt-Riccardo Fusco, trainees at Münchner Wohnen, read out the biography of Richard Sicher

The memorial for Richard Sicher

Selinay Avci and Zygmunt-Riccardo Fusco, trainees at Münchner Wohnen

Memorial Sign for Franz Kohn

Landlstraße 3

Vanessa Steinweg and Robert Petsch, Münchner Wohnen trainees, read out the biography of Franz Kohn.

The Memorial Sign for Franz Kohn

Vanessa Steinweg and Robert Petsch

Vanessa Steinweg and Robert Petsch, trainees at Münchner Wohnen, read out the biography for Franz Kohn

The memorial for Franz Kohn

Vanessa Steinweg and Robert Petsch, trainees at Münchner Wohnen

Memorial Sign for Theodor Sternau

Soyerhofstraße 24

Simon Arnold and Marco Da Pra, trainees at Münchner Wohnen, read out the biography, and Dr Anais Schuster-Brandis from the District Committee Untergiesing-Harlaching spoke.