On June 4, 2021, four more Stolperstein were laid by the Hansestad Stralsund, initiated by the “Initiative for the Remembrance of Jewish Life in Stralsund”. In Carl-von-Essen-Strasse 35, three members of the Dorn family are remembered who lived there since 1935 and were murdered in Auschwitz in 1943. Among them was daughter Eva, who was…Continue readingStolperstein Laying for the Dorn Family and Eugen Fenyves
We are pleased to announce that the exhibition “Stolpersteine – Commemoration and Social Sculpture” can start on Friday, June 11, 2021. The runtime has been extended until September 27, 2021. The waiting period was used to add some roll-ups on the history of Jewish families to the exhibition. In addition, the digital city map of…Continue readingExhibition starts on June 11
In cooperation with the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Rostock, a project of the Stralsund University of Applied Sciences, and the Tourism Center of the Hanseatic City of Stralsund, our Association is supporting the nationwide Digitaltag (Digitization Day) on June 18, 2021, for the second time in a row. This campaign aims to make digitization tangible…Continue readingAssociation participates again in Digitaltag 2021
The exhibition “140 years of Leonhard Tietz in Stralsund” started on December 11, 2019. Dr. Maren Heun, director of the Stralsund Museum, referred at the opening to the appropriate location of the exhibition in the former Krämer and now Museum House. The exhibition is placed in the hallway and is thus (temporarily) part of the…Continue readingExhibition on Leonhard Tietz opened
On November 7, 2019, the Förderverein Historische Warenhäuser Wertheim und Tietz in Stralsund e. V. received a notice from the Stralsund tax office pursuant to Section 60a (1) AO. This confirms that the association promotes art and culture, science and research as well as education and upbringing and that it is therefore a non-profit organization.…Continue readingAssociation may issue donation receipts
The non-profit Förderverein Historische Warenhäuser Wertheim und Tietz in Stralsund e. V. opens an exhibition about Leonhard Tietz in cooperation with the STRALSUND MUSEUM on December 12. The latter opened his first textile store 140 years ago on August 14, 1879 at Ossenreyerstrasse 31, just a few meters from the exhibition venue. Over the following…Continue reading140 years of Leonhard Tietz in Stralsund
In the series “Bausteine zur Landesgeschichte” Nadine Garling from the Förderverein Historische Warenhäuser Wertheim und Tietz in Stralsund e. V. will give a lecture “Die jüdischen Kaufmannsfamilien in Stralsund” at the Pommersche Landesmuseum in Greifswald on March 21, 2019, starting at 6 pm. The lecture will focus on the sites of Jewish history as well…Continue readingLecture at the Pomeranian State Museum (21.3.2019, 6 p.m.)
At the New Year’s reception of the District Administrator Dr. Stefan Kerth on 25.1.2019, Nadine Garling received the Volunteer Award 2018 of the District of Vorpommern-Rügen for her association work, in addition to other committed citizens. The award was presented together with the Chancellor and Member of the Bundestag Dr. Angela Merkel.Continue readingVolunteer Award of Vorpommern-Rügen 2018
With interesting stories, information and historical recordings, the audio tour “Jewish Life and Work in Stralsund” takes visitors and locals to eleven places in Stralsund’s Jewish history. Professor Michael Klotz created the tour with students at Stralsund University of Applied Sciences as part of the BMWi-funded “Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Rostock” for the izi.TRAVEL app, which is…Continue readingTour Jewish Life in Stralsund
“How two department store founders turned retail around” – The journey through time in the NDR Nordmagazin covers the history of the Wertheim and Tietz department stores in Stralsund in two parts. Both parts are available in the media library. Thanks to CLIP Film u.Fernsehproduktion GmbH for the photo of the shooting in the historic…Continue readingNDR time travel to Wertheim and Tietz