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The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial initiated by Fritz Bauer ended on August 19 and 20, 1965, with the pronouncement of sentences against 20 defendants.

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.

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.

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.

How did the early, momentous anti-Semitism in the Alpine Club come about, long before the National Socialists came to power? Hanno Loewy, Director of the Jewish Museum Hohenems (Austria), gave a remarkable lecture on this topic in December 2024 at a DAV commemorative event to mark the 100th anniversary of the exclusion of the Donauland section. In it, he also described the central role that mountain-loving Jews played in the development of the Alps. The DAV, German Federal Association, has made the lecture available for download. In addition, there is now a wealth of further work on various aspects of anti-Semitism in the Alpine Club.