Verdrängt & Ausgeplündert

1933 lived in Mannheim around 6,400 Jews. They owned stores and factories, small shops and craft, they were members of clubs, went to the theater and in the synagogue. This diversity of Jewish life was almost completely wiped out in the Third Reich. More than 2,200 Mannheimer Jews were murdered in the Nazi extermination camps.

were, as everywhere in the German Reich in Mannheim Jewish businesses and homes "arisiert", and even personal belongings such as furniture or clothing were transferred to "Aryan" ownership.

The image and audio Walk "Displaces and plundered" invites you to a track search in the inner city of Mannheim and the Neckar City West. With the city archive Mannheim - Institute for Urban History designed app to the Jewish history of the city to meet locally. Find yourself your way along the different stations and listen to or read the stories hidden behind individual places and buildings.