Commemorative Events on Monday, November 9, 2026
- 5:30 p.m. | Heidelberg – “Cleaning the Stumbling Stones” event
- Location: Meet at Montpellierplatz
- Details: Anti-fascist cleanup campaign for Stolpersteine. Participants are welcome to bring red carnations and candles; followed by a gathering at Café Gegendruck. More information at Stolpersteine Heidelberg.
- 6:00 p.m. | Heidelberg – Main Commemoration Ceremony at Alter Synagogenplatz
- Location: Alter Synagogenplatz (Große Mantelgasse at the corner of Lauerstraße)
- Details: Official commemoration by the City of Heidelberg, the Jewish Community, and the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation. Speeches by Mayor Jürgen Odszuck and Jewish representatives; students will read the names of deportees. The square is accessible.
- 6:00 p.m. | Heidelberg-Rohrbach – Neighborhood Commemoration
- Location: Old Rohrbach Town Hall (Rathausstraße)
- Details: Commemoration of the destruction of the Rohrbach synagogue, organized by the neighborhood association and punker e. V. with the participation of students from the International Comprehensive School (IGH).
- 6:00 p.m. | Mannheim – Ecumenical and City-Wide Commemoration
- Location: St. Sebastian Market Square Church (Marktplatz, F1)
- Details: Organized by the ACK Mannheim and the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Rhine-Neckar. Featuring remarks by Pastor Lukas Glocker and a speech by Mayor Christian Specht.
- 7:15 p.m. | Heidelberg – Commemoration at the Haus der Begegnung
- Location: Haus der Begegnung (Merianstraße 1, across from the Jesuit Church)
- Details: Ecumenical memorial service featuring readings, music, and a blessing, organized by the ACK and the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation. Follows immediately after the ceremony at Synagogue Square.
- 7:30 p.m. | Heidelberg – Memorial Reading at the Theater
- Location: Alter Saal, Theater & Orchester Heidelberg (Theaterstraße 11)
- Details: Literary and musical reading titled “Against All Forms of Anti-Semitism” by the theater ensemble, dedicated to historical Jewish voices and the present day.
- 7:00 p.m. | Schwetzingen – Central Commemoration Ceremony “… so that you do not forget”
- Location: Evangelical City Church of Schwetzingen (Mannheimer Straße 32–34)
- Details: Commemoration organized by the City of Schwetzingen, the ACK, and the DGB. Featuring keynote speaker Kurt Glöckler and City Archivist Joachim Kresin. The event will be followed by a silent march with a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorials on Zeyherstraße.
