Contact Person:
Tobias Büloff, Research Associate in Commemoration Culture
Department of Participation and Communication, City of Potsdam
Email: Tobias.Bueloff@Rathaus.potsdam.de
Phone: +49 331 – 289 1943
The diverse culture of commemoration and remembrance in Potsdam is driven by extensive societal engagement. Volunteer initiatives, politically active and historically interested citizens, as well as eyewitnesses, contribute to public remembrance in Potsdam. They passionately organize events dedicated to remembrance and establish connections to the present day.
The City of Potsdam supports, coordinates, and networks the diverse activities of commemoration and remembrance work. It actively seeks to sensitize younger people to the past.
Representatives of the City of Potsdam, including the Mayor Mike Schubert, often participate in commemorative events. These events serve to remember past injustices and also to reaffirm today’s democratic values as lessons learned from history.
The multifaceted culture of remembrance in Potsdam also includes initiatives such as researching the fates of Jewish people through the laying of Stolpersteine (stumbling stones), working with eyewitnesses, supporting educational initiatives, and promoting projects that preserve the memory of the German-German border or the 1989 democracy movement in Potsdam.
The foundation of Potsdam’s commemoration culture is the **Concept for Commemoration Culture of the State Capital Potsdam**, which was adopted by the City Council on May 7, 2014. It emerged from an intensive process of participation and discussion, which is still ongoing. The culture of remembrance continues to evolve dynamically.
The brochure is available for download.
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Event Notices
January 27, 2025
Commemoration events for the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism / International Holocaust Remembrance Day
11:00 AM – Willi-Frohwein-Platz / Am Findling
Joint event of the City of Potsdam with Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium and the "Omas Gegen Rechts" Action Group
2:00 PM – Lindenstrasse Memorial Site, Lindenstrasse 54
Joint event of the City of Potsdam, the "Lindenstrasse 54" Foundation, and the Lindenstrasse Memorial Foundation
5:00 PM – Rally "Remembrance means: Not forgetting!"
A commemoration action by the alliance "Potsdam bekennt Farbe" and the City of Potsdam
Bring a flashlight or a phone with a flashlight function!
Platz der Einheit
February 7, 2025
Death March of the Lieberose Concentration Camp through Potsdam
March 21, 2025
"Day of Potsdam" - Opening of the Reichstag on March 21, 1933, in the Potsdam Garrison Church after the Nazi takeover
April 14, 2025 | 7:00 PM
Requiem - Oratorio for Soloists, Choir, and Orchestra on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Potsdam on April 14, 1945
St. Nikolai Church
April 14, 2025 | 8:30 PM
Commemoration event for the "Night of Potsdam" - 80th anniversary of the bombing of Potsdam on April 14, 1945
Potsdam Museum
April 14, 2025 | 8:30 PM
Peace Prayer for the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Potsdam on April 14, 1945
Alter Markt
May 8, 2025
6:00 PM - 80th anniversary of the liberation from National Socialism and the end of World War II in Europe on May 8, 1945
Bassinplatz | Soviet Cemetery
May 11, 2025
2:00 PM - Stolperstein (stumbling stone) laying ceremonies
May 22, 2025
92nd anniversary of the book burnings
June 17, 2025
Commemoration for the 71st anniversary of the popular uprising in the GDR on June 17, 1953
Lindenstrasse Memorial, Lindenstrasse 54, 14467 Potsdam
Joint event of the City of Potsdam with the Lindenstrasse Memorial Foundation
July 18, 2025
5:00 PM - 81st anniversary of the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944
July 25, 2025
5:00 PM - Commemoration for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima-Nagasaki-Platz
An event by the Hiroshima-Platz Association
July 31, 2025
176th anniversary of the death of Potsdam revolutionary Max Dortu
Commemoration at Max Dortu's birthplace
Dortustrasse 28/29
August 13, 2025
Commemoration event remembering the construction of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961
Event by the Groß Glienicke Local Advisory Board
Wall Memorial, Groß Glienicke
Commemoration at the Glienicke Bridge
Joint event of the City of Potsdam with the Lindenstrasse 54 Foundation
November 9, 2025
Commemoration event remembering Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) on November 9, 1938
Joint event of the City of Potsdam with the Jewish and Christian communities of Potsdam
Synagogue Center, Schlossstrasse 8
November 10, 2025
Commemoration event for the reopening of the Glienicke Bridge on November 10, 1989
Joint event of the City of Potsdam with the Lindenstrasse 54 Foundation
November 16, 2025
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
National Day of Mourning
Soviet Cemetery and New Cemetery
