Invitation to the commemoration of the November pogrom at Westbahnhof

The Arbeitskreis Judentum Jena, in cooperation with the city of Jena, invites you to this year's commemoration of the November pogrom on November 9, 1938:

November 9, 2021, 7 p.m. - Square in front of the Westbahnhof

The wreath-laying ceremony in memory of the Jews, Sinti and Roma deported from Jena will be framed by music, recitation, speeches and the reading of the Kaddish.

Here is the planned schedule:

• Collective singing as a transition from the "Sound of the Stumbling Stones" campaign to the commemoration ceremony
• Welcome by Lord Mayor Thomas Nitzsche
• Speech: Matthias Stein, project manager of the fan project Jena
• Memorial prayer by the rabbi of the Jewish community, Alexander Nachama
• Laying of the wreath
• Common song: Dos Kelbl

Superintendent Sebastian Neuß will lead the program, Ilga Herzog and Klaus Wegener will provide the musical accompaniment and Gabriele Rönnefarthwill recite.

A medical mask must be worn at the event and social distancing must be observed.

Afterwards there will be an invitation to the Jena market. The day will endthere with silent remembrance and candlelight .

In the run-up to the event, the "Sound of the Stumbling Stones" will once again take place at various locations in Jena.