AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
“Remembrance needs places” (Erinnerung braucht Orte”) is a talk being given by Gerd Krämer, previously Oberursel’s Mayor, on Thursday, 27th June, 2013 at 6pm in the Kinderhaus, Jean-Sauer-Weg 2, about how important it is not just to talk about history but to have places to go and see the buildings and locations for real.
There will also be a chance to visit the recently opened Camp King archive which is located in the basement of the same building.
Last Saturday (16th March, 2013) saw a day arrive that many people associated with the Camp King area had been waiting for, none more so than local history Manfred Kopp, when the Camp King archive finally moved into its permanent home at the “Kinderhaus”.
Except that the “Kinderhaus” was not always called that. On the map it may now have the address “Jean-Sauer-Weg 2”, but it was originally called “Haus am Wald” and had the address “Außerhalb 7”. In the post-war period it was called “Haus Florida”, and the U.S. army later called it simply “Haus 997”.
At 11am a group gathered around the entrance to the cellar, next to the artwork “Don’t look back”, among them Mayor Hans-Georg Brum and Deputy Principle Officer of the U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt, Charisse Phillips. [Read more…]
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