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New Year’s Eve Revelers Break Shop Windows

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021

This New Year’s Eve was different than previous ones. The sale of fireworks was forbidden across Germany this year in order to keep people from congregating and overwhelming the emergency services and the health system. The curfew in Saxony was … Read more

Categories Crime, History

Events Observing November Pogrom to Take Place Despite Pandemic

November 7, 2020

Each year on November 9th the city of Görlitz commemorates the November pogrom of 1938 – coordinated attacks carried out against Jews throughout Nazi Germany in which their homes, businesses and synagogues were looted and destroyed and many Jews were … Read more

Categories Events, History

A New Bridge Over the Neisse

November 7, 2020November 6, 2020

The Görlitz city council decided this week to move forward with a feasibility study for a possible bridge location north of the city in cooperation with Zgorzelec. The bridge would be both for cars and cyclists/pedestrians. A new bridge over … Read more

Categories History, Politics

The Görlitz Synagogue Set to Get its Star of David Back

September 20, 2020September 22, 2020

At the turn of the 20th century, the city of Görlitz had a thriving Jewish population. In 1911 the new synagogue was completed on Otto-Müller Straße, a beautiful building with the capacity for 500 people, a domed ceiling, art nouveau … Read more

Categories History, Sights

Stiftung Umgebindehaus Selects Prize Winners

September 18, 2020September 16, 2020

  The Stiftung Umgebindehaus selected winners for its cash prize totaling 7000 Euros on September 13th, 2020. The Stiftung Umgebindehaus is a non-profit foundation committed to the preservation of a certain type of folk architecture commonly found in Upper Lusatia. … Read more

Categories History, Sights
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