A Place in our Memory

Scene photo from »A place in memory«: The picture shows five women in an archive room with shelves full of files and folders and tables with chairs. Maren Schück and Ute Baumann are seated at a table in the front left corner. Baumann is bent over a document, holding a pen. Esther Reche Gallardo is pushing a trolley loaded with archive material across the room. Further back, Romy Kesternich is sitting at a table, while Ute Klinkhardt is standing by the window at the back, looking at the camera. T — Maren Schück, Ute Baumann, Romy Kesternich, Esther Reche Gallardo, Ute Klinkhardt; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Scene photo from »A place in memory«: Melanie Schock stands in front of a dark background, wearing a black suit, and addresses the audience. To her left, Valerie Schäfer kneels on the floor, sorting documents into three piles. An overhead projector can be seen on the right-hand side of the picture. — Valerie Schäfer, Melanie Schock; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Hobbit Heitmann; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Scene photo from »A place in memory«: The ensemble has gathered on the small, dark stage and is looking out at the audience. Two sign language interpreters are translating what is being said. Marlene Mürter is seated on the ramp to their right. Leyla Tagore-Link is sitting in her wheelchair to the right of the stage, looking at the group. — Ulla Klinkhardt, Esther Reche Gallardo, Melanie, Schock, Hobbit Heitmann, Maren Schück, Ute baumann, Romy Kesternich, Valerie Schäfer, Johanna Reißfelder, Kristina Metzen, Marlene Mürter, Leyla Tagore-Link; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Scene photo from »A place in memory«: In the archive room, a group has gathered around a table with a box of files on it. Leyla Tagore-Link is addressing them, her right hand raised. Valerie Schäfer is holding an old book. — Ute Baumann, Maren Schück, Valerie Schäfer, Romy Kesternich, Melanie Schock, Leyla Tagore-Link; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Scene photo from »A place in memory«: Hobbit Heitmann sits in his wheelchair on stage. Romy Kesternich stands to his right. They both hold some old documents in their hands and are reading from them. — Hobbit Heitmann, Romy Kesternich; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Scene photo from »A place in memory«: Esther Reche Gallardo, Romy Kesternich, Marlene Mürter, Leyla Tagore-Link and Maren Schück gather together on the left-hand side of the stage. Schück holds a book and reads from it. To the right of the group, a screen hangs. A black-and-white photograph of a woman is projected onto it. — Esther Reche Gallardo. Romy Kesternich, Marlene Mürter, Leyla Tagore-Link, Maren Schück; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Scene photo from »A place in memory«: Johanna Reißfelder is sitting at a desk in the archive room. She turns to the left as she speaks, raising her left hand in a gesture. In front of her we see a box of files, a thick book and some stationery. — Johanna Reißfelder; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Scene photo from »A place in memory«: Ute Baumann and Marlene Mürter stand on stage, both with their hands raised. They are smiling and looking to the left. — Ute Baumann, Marlene Mürter; Photo: Susanne Reichardt

Scene photo from »A place in memory«: The ensemble gathers on stage around a cardboard box o files on the floor. They all look inside the box. — Esther Reche Gallardo, Melanie Schock, Hobbit Heitmann, Maren Schück, Ute Baumann, Marlene Mürter, Romy Kesternich, Valerie Schäfer, Leyla Tagore-Link, Johanna Reißfelder; PHoto: Susanne Reichardt

Inclusive theatre project on memorial culture in Heidelberg

Interkulturelles Zentrum

We want to honor, but not in silence. We want to remember, but not alone. We want to talk about the past, loudly and with many voices. We are making space in our memory.

In the crimes committed by the Nazi regime against people with disabilities and illnesses, hundreds of thousands of people were forcibly sterilized and murdered from 1934 onwards. Among them were people from Heidelberg and the surrounding area. Today, they are immortalized in files, they are a diagnosis and sometimes a name on a memorial plaque. But who were these people? What might have moved them?

The inclusive ensemble follows the tracks of Heidelberg citizens and gives their biographies a tangible space in the city's history.

Research and text

Leon Wieferich

Rehearsal Manager and Theatre Education

Franziska Kühnle

Inclusion and Rehearsal support

Karoline Hinkfoth

Production Management, Text and Dramaturgy

Jana Gmelin

Stage Design

Lena Eibl Jana Gmelin

Costumes

Lena Eibl

With

Esther Reche Gallardo, Johanna Reißfelder, Leyla Tagore-Link, Maren Schück, Marlene Mürter, Melanie Schock, Olaf 'Hobbit' Heitmann, Romy Kesternich, Ute Badmann, Valerie Schäfer

Interpreters for DGS

Ulla Klinkhardt Kristina Metzen

Technical support

Philip Ahrens

In cooperation with the Büro der Kommunalen Behindertenbeauftragten (Municipal representative for the disabled), Christina Reiß

Funded by the Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit und Integration from state funds approved by the Baden-Württemberg state parliament

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A Place in our Memory

Inclusive theatre project on memorial culture in Heidelberg

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