When does the walk take place?

The walk takes place on Thursday, November 5, 2026, from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM.

Where is the meeting point?

The meeting point is the café in the park on the grounds of the LVR Clinic Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring 20, 53225 Bonn.

What is the cost of participation?

Participation is free of charge.

Is registration necessary?

Registration via email with the Bonn Memorial is recommended.

How long does the tour last?

The tour lasts about 90 minutes.

What are the content topics?

The walk addresses medical crimes, forced sterilizations, Nazi murders, as well as the role of medical professionals, victims, and perpetrators in Bonn.

Medical Crimes in Bonn: A Compelling Walk Against Forgetting

Name: Medical Crimes and Nazi Murders in Bonn
Start: 2026-11-05T17:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Café im Park, Gelände der LVR-Klinik Bonn

Medical Crimes and Nazi Murders in Bonn: A Walk Against Forgetting

On Thursday, November 5, 2026, the Bonn Memorial invites you to a historical city walk about medical crimes and Nazi murders in Bonn. The tour combines local memory culture with historical research and highlights how closely medical institutions, medical evaluations, and Nazi persecution were intertwined.

Local History Becomes Walkable

The walk starts from the café in the park on the grounds of the LVR Clinic Bonn and goes through the city. The focus is on affected individuals and involved perpetrators, who are introduced through historical contexts. Participants examine the local dimension of Nazi violence and engage with the consequences of forced sterilizations, transfers to intermediate and killing institutions, as well as medically legitimized exclusion.

Memory Culture Between Document and Place

The event is part of the accompanying program for the exhibition Never Again! Against the Forgetting of Nazi Crimes. The artistic experience of the exhibition is expanded here through a location-based consideration of historical evidence: Not just photographs, documents, and biographies speak, but also the city itself. Streets, clinic grounds, and memorial sites become a historical topography, where responsibility and repression can be read.

Josef Faust and the Names Behind the History

An image motif recalls Josef Faust, who was murdered by the Nazis due to a disability. Such individual biographies give a human face to the abstract history of medical crimes. The tour thereby puts the dignity of those affected at the center and promotes a reflective aesthetic experience that connects historical knowledge with personal involvement.

Cultural Education and Responsible Communication

The Bonn Memorial conveys historical facts, institutional contexts, and biographical perspectives in a professionally grounded tour. The event stands for an engaged curation of memory and for cultural education that raises questions about responsibility, human dignity, and the protection of democratic values. The cooperation with the Federal Art Hall anchors the walk in the educational program of the exhibition.

Conclusion: Experience History in Urban Space

The walk offers a compelling artistic experience beyond classical exhibition spaces: Bonn becomes a place of remembrance, historical sources become milestones, and individual fates raise lasting questions for the present. Anyone who wants to understand the local history of Nazi crimes and experience memory culture firsthand should attend this tour. Registration is recommended.