Stiftung niedersächsische Gedenkstätten

"Recht ist, was dem Staat nützt?" [Right is what benefits the state?]

„Recht ist, was dem Staat nützt“

In 1933, the pastor Jakob Martin wrote "Justitia's blindfold has been removed, and Veritas has had it put on!... Right is what benefits the state; What harms the state is wrong!" The National Socialist state used the entire state administration for its criminal activities. The judiciary, the police as well as the Wehrmacht in particular were responsible for laying the groundwork and for implementing it.

Professional groups involved in the system are still significantly involved in shaping the state and now our democracy. With historical education, they should be sensitized and strengthened for democratic procedures when dealing with citizens. The critical examination of history and its consequences is supplemented with methods of anti-bias work for the purpose of reflection on one's own prejudiced thinking structures. The focus is on the phenomena of antisemitism and antigypsyism/anti-Roma.

Research across Lower Saxony is the basis for the seminars and educational materials that are made available digitally via a website.

Data Sheet

Project partners:

Sprecher_innenrat der Interessengemeinschaft niedersächsischer Gedenkstätten

Duration: 01.11.2021 until 31.12.2022

geschichte-bewusst-sein.de

 

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Education Agenda NS-Injustice

The Magazine of the Education Agenda NS-InjusticeThe Magazine of the Education Agenda NS-Injustice

The Education Agenda NS-Injustice started in autumn 2021 with two certainties: Firstly, the survivors are passing away; there are few chances today to meet eyewitnesses who can tell us first-hand about the atrocities committed by the National Socialists. Secondly, we are increasingly entering contexts in which boundaries between fiction and fact are blurred. Under these conditions, we are dependent on new ways of learning and innovative forms of conveyance in our critical examination of National Socialist injustice and in historical-political educational work. In the magazine we present the funding program, projects and current debates.

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