Erinnern heißt kämpfen – Kein Schlussstrich unter unsere Stimmen

In the organizer's words:

READING I Unrast Verlag

With GAMZE KUBAŞIK & ALI ŞIRIN

For decades, survivors and relatives of victims of right-wing, racist and anti-Semitic violence have been campaigning against forgetting and against the ignorance of right-wing violent crimes in Germany. Their commitment has many things in common: They uphold remembrance, show solidarity, demand clarification and consequences. They talk about how victims and those affected were treated like defendants after attacks. They were founded in reaction to passive state authorities or active attempts at cover-up and create space for self-empowerment.

And above all: they demand clarification. Because without their intervention, the murder of Oury Jalloh, the death of Amed Ahmad and others would have been forgotten. They show relatives and those affected that they are not alone - and make the frightening continuity of racism in Germany visible. Racist riots, attacks and murders have been repeated for decades. The NSU complex remains unsolved. The terrorist attacks in Halle in 2019 and Hanau in 2020; the danger of prepper groups hoarding weapons and ammunition; the racist attacks in Berlin-Neukölln that have been going on for years... these are just the tip of the iceberg that shows the danger posed by right-wing perpetrators of violence.

The event is organized in cooperation with "Offener Prozess - ein Dokumentationszentrum zum NSU-Komplex".

Panel discussion with LYDIA LIERKE, GAMZE KUBAŞIK & ALI ŞIRIN following the reading

GAMZE KUBAŞIK has been fighting for years for complete clarification, consequences and a dignified commemoration of the victims of the NSU. She is a political activist on the subject of the NSU complex and the daughter of Mehmet Kubaşık, who was murdered by the right-wing terrorist NSU in Dortmund on April 4, 2006.

ALI ŞIRIN is a social scientist, social justice and anti-racism trainer and works at the Duisburg Center for Remembrance Culture. His work focuses on youth work, empowerment and diversity. He is a co-founder and member of DIVE - the network for diversity-conscious youth and educational work and is active in the alliance Tag der Solidarität - Kein Schlussstrich Dortmund.

LYDIA LIERKE works as a political educator in the field of migration and anti-racism with a focus on East German migration and migration history. She has been working on the NSU complex for many years; she is currently project manager for "Offener Prozess - ein Dokumentationszentrum zum NSU-Komplex" in Chemnitz. Together with Massimo Perinelli, she published the book "Erinnern stören - Der Mauerfall aus migrantischer und jüdischer Perspektive" (2020). She is part of the initiative Postmigrantisches Radio.

Free admission.