To remember means to commemorate and to learn: The Nazi Euthanasia programme and the historic site at Tiergartenstraße 4 in Berlin. A knowledge transfer project

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Gerrit Hohendorf (†)
• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History ; History of Science
• Term: from 2013 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 234017019

On September 2, 2014 the Memorial and Information Point at 4 Tiergarten Street in Berlin for the Victims of Nazi Euthanasia Murders was presented to the public. A memorial site, bringing together remembrance and historical information, is now located at the historical site of the operative center of the National Socialist murder of patients. The design follows the plan of architect Ursula Wilms, landscape architect Heinz W. Hallmann, and artist Nikolaus Koliusis. The accompanying outdoor exhibit was conceived and finalized within the framework of the DFG knowledge transfer project To Remember Means to Commemorate and to Learn in cooperation with the foundations Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and Topography of Terror. The findings obtained in the Scientific Investigation and Evaluation of Medical Record Inventory of the Nazi Euthanasia Action T4 about the composition of the group of T4 victims and about the selection criteria of the perpetrators could be used here to convey a historically founded depiction of the National Socialist patient murders to a wider public. Texts in plain German for people with learning difficulties as well as audio and video options for people with sight or hearing impairments allow for nearly barrier-free access to the historical information. The goal of the extension application is to compile a German-English catalogue, in addition to the already published catalogue in plain German, and to complete the planned website with in-depth information on the memorial and information point, together with the cooperation partners. Additionally, a traveling exhibition with the contents of the memorial and information point should be developed, which would facilitate a largely accessible presentation of the exhibition, also outside of Berlin. In this way the knowledge transfer project contributes towards making the victims of forced sterilization and Nazi euthanasia more visible within the culture of remembrance pertaining to National Socialism.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants (Transfer Project)
• Application Partner: Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas
• Co-Investigator: Professorin Dr. Maike Rotzoll
• Cooperation Partners: Dr. Petra Fuchs; Dr. Annette Hinz-Wessels; Professorin Dr. Annette Noschka-Roos