I recently visited the #ElDeHaus in #Cologne, a former center of the #Gestapo and now the NS Documentation Centre of #Cologne. What I liked most is that the documentation center really focuses on the story of victims and the resistance to the #Nazi regime, giving them much more space than the perpetrators.
https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2024-01-20-el_de_haus/
Two images that, in my opinion, perfectly portray the discrepancy between the supposed promises and the ultimately possible reality of totalitarian regimes:
1. The Nazis’ vision for the future of #Cologne in 1939
2. Cologne Neumarkt, April 19, 1945.
Today's #demonstration against #fascism in #Cologne Deutz … organizers registered 50,000 participants 
Today I noticed, that #Cologne has just got a new #Stolperstein. The inscription reads:
Hier wohnte Max Mann JG. 1902
Im Widerstand/KPD verurteilt 26. 9.1935
Vorbereitung Hochverrat
6 Jahre Zuchthaus
1942 KZ Mauthausen
Ermordet 20.8.1942
(english translation see image caption)
If you’d like to read more about the Stolperstein project, I recently summarized some information about it on my blog:
https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/weekend_stories_told/2024-01-25-stolpersteine/
