Faces for the Names 2021
Faces for the Names for members of the Resistance in Germany and Central Europe
February-March Munich
for the members of the Resistance and others executed by the Nazis in Munich‘s central prison
Location: on the prison’s outside wall
With testimony from the victims’ family members, reading of biographies
Faces for the Names for Jewish sport stars
May Munich
for Germany’s Jewish sport stars who were persecuted and murdered by the Nazis
Location: the outside wall of Munich’s historic football stadium
With a reading of these athletes’ biographies
Faces for the Names for the young members of Munich’s Resistance
July Munich
for the young members of Munich’s Resistance
with an association of students, and the reading of biographies of these heroes of the
Resistance
Faces for the Names for Lisi Block
September Rosenheim, Bavaria
for Lisi Block, “Rosenheim’s Anne Frank”, who kept a diary of her struggles to survive prior to being murdered in 1942
With readings from Lisi’s diaries
Faces for the Names Hamburg
November 2, 3, 7 Hamburg
for the victims of the Nazis and of today’s Neonazis and racists, with dozens of young people of all backgrounds
with mobile transmission, poetry written and dance performed by the young, victims of racism’s accounts of their suffering
Faces for the Names Reichspogromnacht in Munich
November 9 – 14 Munich
for the victims of Reichspogromnacht (“Kristallnacht”), which marked the beginning o the Holocaust
Location: the school attended by the young victims – and the buildings in which they lived
With commemorative music, reading of the biographies of victims
Faces for the Names for Munich’s Jews
November 25 – 30 Munich
for the 997 Munich Jews killed in Kovno, Lithuania on November 25, 1941
Location: the heart of downtown Munich
With commemorative music, worldwide broadcast via Zoom, reading of the biographies of victims
