Musikschule Neumünster

The project series VON HIER AUS [Starting from Here] brings deportation and forced labor in Neumünster into public view. Children and young people connect research and art and reinforce the culture of remembrance and democratic awareness all around the station.
Musikschule Neumünster
Project organization

Starting From Here

The project series VON HIER AUS [Starting from Here] is dedicated to the life stories of people who were forced to come to Neumünster, had to stay here or were deported from here. The main station, once a central location of arrival, forced labor and abduction, forms the historical starting point of the examination. In seven creative workshop formats, students explored local events and life stories, encountered traces of the past throughout the city, and engaged with them through artistic, musical and performative forms of expression. In this way, history became tangible in the places where it happened, helping to embed remembrance in the long-term consciousness of participants, especially young people. The project series offers residents of Neumünster a vivid way of engaging with the past while fostering democratic values such as empathy, critical thinking and a sense of responsibility.

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Who are we?

Since 1977, this privately run music school has been a central and trusted feature of both the musical education landscape and the cultural life of the city of Neumünster in the heart of Schleswig-Holstein. As a modern and internationally minded institution, it offers a comprehensive, high-quality educational program ranging from early childhood music education and foundational training to professional instrumental and vocal instruction, ensemble work, music theory, accompanying studies, pre-college training and specialized programs for older adults. Partnerships with daycare centers and schools, as well as projects that promote democratic values and strengthen cultural participation, are a permanent part of the music school’s mission and continue to be developed and expanded. Through their public presence, in particular in the form of concerts, theater productions and workshops, they make a significant contribution to the cultural life of the city. The MemoRails project complements this profile in a special way.

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Co-funder

The Sparkasse Südholstein Foundation actively promotes the common good in its region, thereby sustainably expanding the grant-making and charitable giving efforts carried out by Sparkasse Südholstein. It is a nonprofit organization and operates autonomously, independently, and on its own responsibility, in accordance with its grant-making guidelines and principles, and exclusively for the purpose of fulfilling the objectives set forth in its bylaws. Distributions are made exclusively from the interest income generated by the foundation’s invested capital.

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