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Save the Date! Stumbling stone unveiling on June 29 for persecuted Section member
A premiere will take place on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at 2:40 pm: For the first time in Frankfurt on the Main, stumbling blocks for a former section member persecuted by the Nazis and his family will be unveiled, donated by today's Frankfurt Alpine Club. In this way, the section wants to commemorate the injustice committed by the former Alpine Club against Ernst Meissinger.
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“Successful Reappraisal? 60 Years of Verdicts in the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial.”
The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial initiated by Fritz Bauer ended on August 19 and 20, 1965, with the pronouncement of sentences against 20 defendants.
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Book Recommendation
The publishing house Hentrich & Hentrich, which specializes in Jewish culture and contemporary history, recently published the book "75 Lives", to which "Spurensuche" and Frankfurt Alpine Club member Dr. Jens Hoppe also contributed texts.
German Alpine Club Recommendations for Dealing with Right-wing Extremism
The German Alpine Club (DAV) firmly distances itself from right-wing extremist movements and parties that are currently gaining strength in Germany. The DAV would also like to actively counter such attitudes within the association. In December, the executive committee of the federal association therefore adopted recommendations on how to deal with right-wing extremism, which are intended to help sections, groups, volunteers and full-time staff.
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Lecture “100 Years of the Waldstadion--100 Years of the Workers' Olympics in Frankfurt on the Main”
From July 24 to 28, 1925, the first International Workers' Olympics took place in the recently opened stadium in Frankfurt's Stadtwald (municipal woods) area. Up to 8,000 people took part in the anti-national and anti-militaristic sporting event.