Chemnitz contemporary witnesses: Gerhard Werner
Picture: Franziska Kurz
My life has taken place in relatively turbulent times. The Nazi era, which I experienced as a child. The time shortly after the war as a teenager and then the GDR period and now the Federal Republic as an old man.
In my opinion, no one is too young or too old to take a stand. I just think it's necessary because we experience it consciously and because future generations should know what life meant to our ancestors.
This is where the contemporary witness lived his story:
Contemporary witness brochures
The eternal March
Picture: Stadt Chemnitz
Memories of a childhood during the war
The last witnesses
When the old Chemnitz died in a hail of bombs