Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt is characterized by her topicality in terms of social debate and controversial thinking. Due to a donation of Arendt's personal belongings to the German Historical Museum, the DHM realized an exhibition entitled "Hannah Arendt and the 20th Century". Parts of the exhibition are published online on the museum's website. In this her person as well as the 20th century are thematized, it offers the possibility to follow her subjective view on this time and to get to know her life.
Anna Stern, née Oppenheimer
The wife of banker Julius Stern, Anna Stern, née Oppenheimer, is a major benefactor of Hanau, especially during World War I: she invests a great deal of her time in providing food and medical care for the troops and is one of the leading forces of the Vaterländischer Frauenverein.
Birthday: 3/14/1874
Dedication: 6/9/1925
Place of origin: Hanover
Elisabeth Schmitz
The native of Hanau, Elisabeth Schmitz (* 1893, + 1977) was a Protestant theologian and resistance fighter against National Socialism. She graduated from the Schillerschule in Frankfurt in 1914. After studying history, German language and literature, and theology she was permanently employed at the Luisengymnasium in Berlin-Moabit as a Studienrätin.
Department store Wronker
In addition to this department store, Hanau could also boast the Wronker department store. This was founded by Hermann Wronker, a nephew of Leronard Tietz, who owned department stores in Mannheim, Nuremberg, Pforzheim, Darmstadt, Hanover, Worms and Frankfurt am Main. Both Hanau department stores and their Jewish owners fell victim to the crimes of the National Socialists.
Department store of Leonard Tietz AG
In 1929, a department store of Leonhard Tietz AG was built at the corner of Nürnberger Straße / Hirschstraße (GPS1). Leonhard Tietz AG was founded in 1905 by the Jewish merchant Leonhard Tietz and owned several department stores.
Judengasse - Osterberg
City walk Erfurt
The trade fair and university city of Erfurt, located on the Gera River in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, is today the largest city in the Free State of Thuringia with a good 214,000 inhabitants and is also the state capital. First mentioned in a document in 741/42 when the bishopric was founded, Erfurt developed from the 13th century onwards, thanks to its central location and woad cultivation, into a flourishing trading and craftsmen's city as well as a European center of education.
Jewish cemetery (Buttenheim)
The cemetery was established in 1819/20, today there are about 300 graves preserved, plus the Tahara Hall. The graves occupy only the third of the walled cemetery far from the entrance. The entrance gate is closed, the enclosing wall can be overlooked at various points.