American troops liberated about 42,000 displaced persons when they entered Hanover on April 10, 1945: civilian forced laborers, prisoners of war, concentration camp inmates. These displaced persons (DPs) had to be cared for, registered, and repatriated to their home countries. The Jewish DP community in Hanover, which at times had more than 1,200 members, was the largest in what is now Lower Saxony after Bergen-Belsen. One of its three large camps ("Camps") was located far outside the city center in the district of Vinnhorst on the Mittelland Canal.

Adolf Löb Lustig was born in Fechenbach on April 12, 1892.Despite losing an eye, he volunteered for military service in 1914. At first deferred, he was then drafted in 1917 after all, but was not fit for field service.The date of his doctorate in law was July 27, 1916.Adolf Lustig was married and father of 3 children. He employed three clerks in his office. On September 23, 1933, he was disbarred. In the period that followed, Adolf Lustig worked as a clerk for one and a half years. In 1937 Adolf Lustig spent more than three months in Dachau concentration camp. In April 1938 Dr.

In the house at Lindener Marktplatz 2 Hannah Arendt was born. There a city plaque honors her life.

The plaque was unveiled on December 4, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Arendt's death, jointly by Lord Mayor Stefan Schostok and Thomas Walter, then head of the youth and social affairs department. Walter, as a private citizen, assumed the costs for the plaque.

ELES is the gifted support organization of the Jewish community, was founded in 2009 and is one of the thirteen gifted support organizations supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. With its targeted support for gifted young students and doctoral candidates, the Studienwerk makes an important contribution to the formation of a new Jewish intellectuality in Germany and Europe. ELES stands for a tradition-conscious, pluralistic, cosmopolitan and self-confident Judaism and supports Jews of all denominations.