Cleaning the Stolpersteine and the ‘Lichterwege’

Commemorating the Night of Broken Glass in 1938

9 November 2026 from 4 pm

throughout the city

Lecture by Dr Wolfgang Niess Historian - Author - Moderator

The 9th of November. The Germans and their fateful day

9 November, 4 pm

The people of Chemnitz are invited to clean and illuminate the Chemnitz Stolpersteine in memory of the victims of Nazi tyranny. This initiative sends a message against forgetting throughout the city.

Anyone wishing to take part can contact the organisers by email by 20 October: info(at)buntmacherinnen.eu

All the locations of the Stolpersteine can be found at www.chemnitz.de/stolpersteine. Photos of the events will be published on this page afterwards, as well as on the social media channels of the City of Chemnitz and the Buntmacher*innen using the hashtag #lichterwege.

An event organised by the Stolpersteine Working Group and the Buntmacher*innen. The event is open to the public.

Events to commemorate Kristallnacht

The night of 9 November 1938 ranks among the most horrific moments in German history. Across Germany, fascists systematically carried out brutal acts of violence against Jewish men and women, and destroyed shops and synagogues.

That night marked the turning point from discrimination to deportation and murder. In Chemnitz, too, brutal attacks on Jews took place that night, and the Chemnitz synagogue on Stephanplatz was also destroyed.

The city of Chemnitz commemorates this event annually with various events around 9 November.

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Flyer 2026

360 stumbling stones in Chemnitz commemorate the tragic fates of fellow citizens who were persecuted, deported, murdered or driven to their deaths during the National Socialist regime.