CULTURE AGAINST FORGETTING
Events for International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin: CULTURE AGAINST FORGETTING is an interdisciplinary, international cultural initiative from Berlin, which will be realized for the second time in 2026 as a series of events by Andreas Lechner. The focus is on the question of how a culture of remembrance can be shaped in the 21st century – beyond ritualized forms. The answer is: as a lively, polyphonic, sensually experiential, and politically relevant engagement with history and the present. Remembrance is understood as a public process – artistic, social, and open to exchange.
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Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas in Berlin
International Holocaust Remembrance Day was established by the United Nations in 2005 and commemorates the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on January 27 each year. On this day, millions of people who fell victim to the Holocaust are remembered worldwide.
CULTURE AGAINST FORGETTING – PROGRAM 2026
January 21, 2026, 7:00 p.m.
Tor218Artlab Bar & Gallery, Torstraße 218, 10115 Berlin
Opening – Theater with Martin Feifel and exhibition opening: Anna Mesniankina & Peter Burchia
Actor and painter Martin Feifel presents Franz Kafka's “A Report to an Academy.” Afterwards, the theater audience is invited to the opening of Peter Burchia's exhibition. An evening where art, theater, and history interact – and show how much the past and present shape our cultural memory.
Saturday, January 24, 7:30 p.m.
Sophienkirche, Große Hamburger Str. 29, 10115 Berlin
Choir concert with reading – Sonat Vox and Angela Winkler
This concert by the male voice ensemble Sonat Vox commemorates the victims of the Holocaust and focuses on works that give voice to hope, faith, and remembrance in times of greatest darkness. Angela Winkler's interpretation of the Sintessa monologue from DAS RAD DES GLÜCKS (The Wheel of Fortune) by Werner Fritsch blends in a special way with the musical atmosphere of the concert, thus expanding the sound space of memory with a haunting, human voice.
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 3:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Babylon Berlin, Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30 · 10178 Berlin ·
Claude Lanzmann – SHOAH Shoah, Parts 1–4
In addition to the program contributions in Berlin, LOKSTOFF! in Stuttgart is organizing a project on January 27, 2027, as part of the nationwide initiative “Culture Against Forgetting,” which combines theater, literature, photography, and active remembrance into a performative format.
CULTURE AGAINST FORGETTING combines artistic excellence with social responsibility.
It does not seek a closed narrative, but opens up spaces for reflection, contradiction, and exchange. Memory is not just the past – it is the present, resistance, and cultural practice.
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