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Sunday 25 May 2025, 3pm, 80 years since the end of the war; hope for peace and freedom
Lt. Moore (US Army); restored by Adam Cuerden InfoFieldSee file page for creator info., Field Marshall Keitel signs German surrender terms in Berlin 8 May 1945 - Restoration.
Together with the four parishes of our national park community of Vöhl and the Itter-Hessenstein Historical Society, we invite you to the Henkelhalle to celebrate the end of the war 80 years ago and the liberation from dictatorship and tyranny.
Memories of the end of the war and the post-war period.
There is coffee and cake and
Songs by and featuring Nadine Fingerhut.
The event will take place in the Henkelhalle!
Sunday 13 April 2025, 3pm, Walk on the Traces of Vöhler Jews
Guided Tour by Karl-Heinz Stadtler
nyone who walks through Vöhl with their eyes open will still find traces of Jewish life. Names like those of Abraham Katzenstein and Selig Frankenthal have been carved into the door of an old blacksmith's shop alongside those of Christian farmers; there's the inscription in Hebrew characters above the door of a house that belonged to the Schaumburg merchant family in the 19th century; and, of course, there's the Jewish cemetery in Herzingsgrube and the former synagogue.
There is no fee. Donations are gratefully accepted.
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Sunday 21 September 2025, 3pm, Literaturcafé
Three books will be presented over coffee and cake.
Dr. Tobias Metzler, director of the municipal library in Korbach, introduces Frantz Fanon, who was born on the island of Martinique, became a doctor, fought against colonial rule, and became a pioneer in the struggle for freedom.
Ingeborg Drüner also introduces a person who, unlike Frantz Fanon, is known to everyone in recent weeks and months: Margot Friedlander.
The book “Soldaten” (Soldiers) is presented by Karl-Heinz Stadtler. The author, Sönke Neitzel, a military historian and welcome guest on ARD and ZDF news programs, found thousands of transcripts of conversations between German prisoners of war in England and the USA, in which they speak very openly about what they did and experienced
There is no admission fee. Donations for the work of the support group are gratefully accepted.
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Tuesday 8 April 2025, 7pm, Cinema on Tuesdays
This time, the Förderkreis is showing the 2023 film by director Christopher Zalla, which is based on a true story. For licensing reasons, the title cannot be used in advertising. For licensing reasons, the title may not be used for advertising purposes.
Admission is free, donations are welcome.
Tuesday 10 June 2025, 7pm, Cinema on Tuesdays
This time the Förderkreis is showing the film by the team of authors Hannah and Raymond Ley from 2023 about the life of Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer, who died on 9 May 2025. We would like to honour the memory of an outstanding personality who made a special contribution to the work of education and remembrance. For licensing reasons, the title may not be used for advertising purposes.
Admission is free, donations are welcome.
Thursday 3 April 2025, 4.30 pm, Book presentation: 'Let the world be witness'
Author reading and discussion with Prof. Dr. S. Koller
It was a world that will never rise again – the world of the Jewish shtetl. Until the Nazi era, more than four-fifths of all Jews in Europe lived in Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine and neighbouring areas.
The shtetls went up in flames, countless massacres were committed, millions of Jews were murdered. The writer Dovid Bergelson, who came from the shtetl of Ochrimovo in northern Ukraine and wrote in Yiddish, survived this period in the Soviet Union.
With a new edition of his stories entitled ‘Die Welt möge Zeuge sein’ (Let the world be witness), Sabine Koller, professor of Slavic-Jewish studies in Regensburg, now makes it possible once again to listen to the lost world of Eastern European Jewry and the Yiddish language. The village synagogue in Vöhl, restored by a citizens' initiative and converted into a cultural centre, provides the perfect setting for this.
Moderation: Klaus Brill
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13 July to 17 August 2025, Art Exhibition ´Künstlergruppe artur´
Grafiken: artur - die Korbacher Künstlergruppe
The Exhibition of: ´artur - die Korbacher Künstlergruppe´ is open during opening hours
The group of artists has been around for many years and continues to enrich the Korbach art scene with their ideas. Now they are exhibiting in the synagogue on the subject of ‘War and Peace’.
Holiday-Job Landkulturboten 2025
Landkulturboten in 2019
The Förderkreis Synagoge Vöhl e.V. is looking for six school pupils for a two-week holiday job during the 2025 summer holidays. Are you at least 15 years old and attending secondary school, or at least 17 years old and attending grammar school or vocational school in Vöhl or a neighbouring municipality, and looking for an exciting job for the summer holidays? Are you a team player, enjoy working with people and interested in your region? Would you like to contribute your skills to a dedicated team? Are you interested in training for project and oral exams as well as job interviews?
In 2025, the project will be funded by the Waldeck-Frankenberg Network for Tolerance, which receives funding from the federal programme ‘Demokratie leben’ (Living Democracy) and the Hesse programme ‘Aktiv für Demokratie und gegen Extremismus’ (Active for Democracy and Against Extremism).
Friday 18 July 2025, 2pm, Visit from Dr D. Sommer, MdL
Photo:Götz Schleser Dr. Daniela Sommers summer-tour 2025
Under the motto ‘DenkMal - Natur- und Kulturdenkmale’, the member of the state parliament of hesse will visit places and initiatives that inspire people to (re)think and will make a stop at the Vöhl synagogue.
She wants to take visitors on a tour of the building, find out about the work of the support organisation and also visit the Jewish cemetery. The afternoon will end on a cheerful note in the synagogue courtyard.
Wednesday 27 August 2025, 7pm, Book Presentation `Die Zeit davor und danach´
Foto: Kurt-Willi JuliusOn the (pre-)Easter days of 1945 - 80 years ago - the Second World War came to an end for the communities of today's Waldeck-Frankenberg district. The war had been associated with death and destruction, hardship and misery. Some history buffs and Jewish descendants from our region would like to commemorate these days with a book.
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Dr. Marion Lilienthal from Korbach, Heinrich Figge from Höringhausen, Ernst Klein from Volkmarsen, Karl-Hermann Völker and Dr. Horst Hecker for Frankenberg, Dr. Heinrich Knoche and Karl-Heinz Stadtler from Vöhl have taken on this topic. Johannes Grötecke also gave descendants of Jews from Bad Wildungen the opportunity to describe how their parents or grandparents experienced the “Third Reich” and built up a new existence in a foreign country after emigrating. Carol Davidson Baird from the USA, Michael Dimor from Israel and Ruben Herzberg, a descendant of Vöhl Jews, will tell the story of their ancestors. Prof. Dr. Dietfrid Krause-Vilmar has agreed to present the book to the public. Sahra Küpfer, music teacher and board member of the Förderkreis since its foundation, will create a festive setting with her songs. It will be possible to purchase the book on this “first publication day”.
Tuesday 13 May 2025, 7pm, Cinema on Tuesdays
This time, the Förderkreis is showing a feature film by Austrian-Swiss director Edward Berger from 2024. For licensing reasons, the title may not be used for advertising purposes.
Admission is free, donations are welcome.
Sunday 18 May 2025, 3pm, Photo presentation: 'The World of the Sikhs'
Photo: U. Müller, in front of the golden temple in Amritsar, India
Lecture from Ulrich Müller
Ulrich Müller has made several trips to India. His lecture focuses on a population group in India, the Sikhs. They have their own religion, Sikhismus. With his photos, he introduces the world of the Sikhs.
Admission free – donations welcome
Saturday, 1 November 2025, 7pm, Synagogenkonzert, Ch. Backhaus + A. Todorova
Song cycle "Schwanengesang" from Franz Schubert
Christian Backhaus will be accompanied by Anna Todorova on the piano, who will open the concert with Schubert's Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3. This is Backhaus' third recital in the synagogue, following “Winterreise” and an evening of songs by various composers.
Christian Backhaus performs throughout Europe as an opera singer, soloist, and with several radio choirs. He received his vocal training in Schwerin and Leipzig.
Anna Todorova is a classical concert pianist and music teacher from Ukraine and a prize winner in international competitions in piano, chamber music, and musicology.
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7 July to 15 August 2025, weekdays, 8am-12am + 1pm-5pm, , Open Synagogue
Tristan Kröhnert, Jan-Philipp Eisenberg
Ida Formella, Stella Heyne
Sarah Müller, Anastasiya Subbotina
During the summer holidays, 6 pupils are working in the synagogue as rural culture messengers. Two of them will ensure that the synagogue is open from Monday to Friday from 8am to 12pm and from 1pm to 5pm. They offer well-prepared guided tours and look forward to your visit.
This year, the project is being financed by the Netzwerk für Toleranz Waldeck-Frankenberg, which receives funding from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs' ‘Live Democracy’ programme and the Hessian ‘Active for Democracy and against Extremism’ programme.
Sunday 14 September 2025, 4pm, Lecture on the `Nuremberg Laws´ in the year 1935
Lecture from Karl-Heinz Stadtler
The ‘Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour’ and the ‘Reich Citizenship Law’ were passed by the Reichstag in Nuremberg on 15 September 1935. They formed the basis for the discrimination and persecution of the Jewish population in the years that followed.
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