The Project

"Scorched Places" has set itself the goal of contributing to the culture of remembrance.

• How do those places, almost 90 years after the book burnings, look today?
• What purpose do places fulfill today and how do we view them in the knowledge of the historical events?
• Are there any visible signs of the memory of those places, and are local forms of memory work recognizable?

These are the questions that the project tackles.

In the course of time an atlas has been created. Current photographs bring selected perspectives into focus and make the forgotten places of book burnings visible. Interactive panoramas allow a discovery of those historical places. Background texts and historical materials invite viewers to search for clues. maps make it possible to localize the "Scorched Places".

The documentation of the places and the events, the suggestion to remember what has happened and the possibility to create action from insights form the pillars of the project work.

Documentation

Such a complete collection of information on the places of book burnings was not available until now. The online atlas brings together information on the places of book burning from different sources, their constant updating creates a growing, comprehensive platform.

For this purpose, materials for the local events are collected and regional peculiarities in the actions of the book burnings are clarified. The exact search of the location information, as well as the transfer of the historical in today's addresses complete the location information. Based on existing academic research, information sources on book burnings are reviewed. Beyond that Information on previously unknown places of burns collected and added to the online atlas.

Remembrence

Give a face to the places of book burnings, so that they are not in Fall into oblivion. How do places look today and how do we look at them differently? Knowledge about the historical events?

Knowledge about the historical events?

"The swimming pool, which I visited as a child, is located at the Place a book burning."

"The marketplace where I go shopping every Saturday was the place to go Book burning."

"The pharmacy on the corner used to be a socialist bookstore, and after the plunder a book burning session took place in front of the house."

The project aims to offer new ways of dealing with historical events and developing a variety of different approaches. In addition to the "digital memory" also include exhibitions, lectures and the promotion of local memory work.

For some time, it has been observed that there is a questioning of the existing memory culture and its significance. The online atlas "Burnt Places" wants to make a contribution to strengthen the past path of the culture of remembrance and develop further. For the observers, suggestions should be created to actively deal with the questions of remembrance work.

The "Burnt Places" project offers civil society actors, local initiatives and historical workshops the opportunity to use the existing materials and thus to promote local remembrance work.

The materials can also be used in educational work at schools and other institutions.

There will also be a continuous presentation at fairs, lectures or exhibitions.

Mehr Informationen about the project and ways to support us can be found on
https://blog.verbrannte-orte.de

Donations

Verbrannte Orte e.V.
IBAN: DE98 2585 0110 0230 5479 03
BIC: NOLADE21UEL
Sparkasse Uelzen Lüchow-Dannenberg
Subject: Verbrannte Orte

Contact

Verbrannte Orte e.V.
Jan Schenck, Meuchefitz 18, 29482 Küsten, fon: ++49 - (0)170 - 8156374

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