The learning group 9.1 visited the popular student city of Tübingen yesterday and also got to know a dark side of its past. Together with learning guide Ms Montalbano and trainee teacher Ms Hameister, the group started with a guided tour "Jewish Life in Tübingen" at the synagogue memorial, which was built in 1882 and destroyed during the Reich Progrom Night. Today, it commemorates the Jewish people from Tübingen who had to flee or were murdered. The leap into the city's history gave the learning partners insights into Jewish life in the city in the Middle Ages and the expulsion of the Jewish community. They also visited the Gestapo headquarters in Tübingen's old town, which is now a student hostel. An information board shows the involvement of Theodor Dannecker, a lawyer from Tübingen and perpetrator of the Holocaust, in the crimes of the regime.
The crimes of the Nazi era appear oppressively close through the Stolpersteine in Tübingen. The 9.1 visited the memorial stones for the first Jewish family in the city, the Hirsch family, who were expelled and murdered by the Nazis. Their grandson, Fritz Bauer, returned to Germany as a lawyer after fleeing to push for the legal persecution of the Nazis: Without him, there would have been no Auschwitz trials. The learning group also stopped at the stumbling stone for Richard Gölz: he had been arrested for participating in the Christian resistance, which had organised shelter for Jewish families.
The second part of the city trip introduced the 9.1 to what Tübingen stands for among many young people today: a thriving cultural city where you can enjoy life in a relaxed way. After visiting the façade of Tübingen's town hall, the learning group was able to go shopping, have lunch and stroll through the alleys of the medieval town. Feeding ducks in the park and a joint punting trip on the Neckar rounded off the multi-layered excursion with positive impressions.
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