Further ideas of 4471 days: insights into Ingolstadt's dark history

Further ideas of 4471 days: insights into Ingolstadt's dark history

In Ingolstadt, the great demand for the documentation "4471 days - Ingolstadt in the Third Reich" by director Florian Schiekofer is currently stirring. The insightful production illuminates a dark era of German history and attracts the interest of the population. Because of this interest, the adult education center at Hallstrasse 5 offers additional demonstrations. On Friday, June 13th, at 6 p.m. and on Saturday, June 21, at 10 a.m. and on Tuesday, June 24th, at 6 p.m., cinema and history-interested can experience the approximately 140-minute documentation, which also contains breaks. The tickets are available for 12 euros both online and at the box office.

At the premiere in April in the Union-Kino, Schiekofer received great applause, which underlines the relevance of the film. This documentation not only addresses the seizure of power of the National Socialists and the way to war, but also the militarization of society and the painful history of the forced laborers. Particularly noteworthy are the reports of contemporary witnesses from Ingolstadt, which bring history to life.

a dramatic chapter of history

A central component of the documentation is the systematic murder of the Sinti and Roma as well as euthanasia that affected people with physical and mental disabilities. The National Socialists viewed these groups as 'life inevitable' and killed tens of thousands of them, as they claimed to promote 'good genetic material'. This brutal approach was shaped by social carwinism, which was strongly performed in National Socialism. According to the Federal Center for Political Education was encouraged between 1939 and 1945 from psychiatric institutions alone, Not to forget the other 100,000 that let life in annexioned areas.

Adolf Hitler issued a secret euthana -based command, which finally led to organizing the so -called 'action T4', in which people with disabilities and illnesses were systematically killed in special facilities. The murders often happened through gasification or inadequate diet, with families of the victims being left unclear about the true circumstances. Over 120,000 people in Germany had to suffer for these cruel ideologies. The Archive data of the Federal Archives show that over 70,000 people in central facilities were continued to be granted in the respective facilities.

The next steps in the culture of memory

Die zusätzlichen Vorführungen des Films in Ingolstadt bieten nicht nur einen emotionalen Rückblick auf diese grausame Zeit, sondern fordern auch dazu auf, sich mit der eigenen Geschichte auseinanderzusetzen. On Thursday, August 14th, there will also be another demonstration as part of the cinema-open air in the Tower Baur, for which admission is 15 euros.

In all the terrible deeds during the Nazi era, it is important that we as a society do not forget and learn from this past. The documentary "4471 days - Ingolstadt in the Third Reich" will certainly help to raise awareness of this dark era and to audible the voices of those who have suffered during this time.