by Juan Mejia

Weimar is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the European Capitals of Culture. It has been a place of particular importance in recent German history, but reference is made mostly to its classical period and to the early years of the Bauhaus school. The iconography generated from prominent historical figures such as Goethe, Schiller, Gropius and Liszt is widespread through the city, and marketed abroad making the city a key element of Germany’s cultural and tourist industry.

Spread the Word

by Julia Müller and Grozde Sarlak

[Concept]
The city archive of Weimar has been chosen as an area of intervention. The archive as a body stands in the present, keeping the past for the future. The recent conservation plan for the new city archive of Weimar, proposes an underground storage unit. In an ironic turn of events, in order to preserve the city’s history, documents will be kept below sea level.

I found a picture of Paul and me

by Julia Müller

In an inconsiderable corner of my wardrobe I found a picture of Paul and me. I looked at the picture with well-fare feelings, though I was amazed how little of my memories remained.

KZ Buchenwald as a theatrical stage/ Weimar as the audience

by Vassilis Kitsos

View from the concentration camp to the North

1^st act: Carefully set stage

The Nazi decision to locate the concentration camp on the hill, is probably primarily bound to technical and military matters. But a detail related to the topography of the site and its association with the urban center of Weimar, could be described with theatrical terms: The camp, almost (yet not) on top of the hill, is overlooking to the North, turning its back to Weimar. Once in the camp, one has left Weimar behind, and vice-versa: this is an intentionally hidden, secret topos, set to operate in the shadow.

Space and Memory

by Julie Köpper

One of the places I got to know first in Weimar was the old cemetery. As I lived at a friend’s place in the neighbourhood to the west of the cemetery, I walked through it several times a day going up and down the hill to the university.