Traces of the Past: Learn. Reflect. Connect.
Talks, Workshops & Networking for International Students
From April to September 2025, the ScoPE, AStA, the International Office and Faculty 2 – in cooperation with museums and educational institutions – invite you to join our English-language event series "Traces of the Past".
You’ll gain accessible insights into key aspects of German history – and have the chance to discuss, ask your questions, and connect with others.
How did Democracy in Germany develop?
What was National Socialism – and why does it still affect our society?
What does Holocaust remembrance mean – and what responsibility do we carry as the younger generation?
04.08.2025
Start of guided tour: 11:00 a.m.
Meeting point: tba following soon
Please register until August, 1st 2025 via this Registration form!
This city tour takes a double look at Frankfurt - as a National Socialist city and as a city that came to terms with its past after 1945. Frankfurt changed dramatically under the National Socialists: a Nazi mayor took office and the old mayor had to flee. Unwanted population groups were resettled. Streets, bridges and squares were renamed. After the Second World War, the National Socialists left Frankfurt a destroyed city - and poorer by thousands of Jewish and other residents.
In the 1960s, the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial brought the repressed Nazi past to the forefront of German historical consciousness for the first time. Why did the once liberal and “Jewish” Frankfurt turn to National Socialism so quickly? Which places still bear witness to the crimes of German fascism today and how did the city begin to come to terms with its Nazi past?
A highlight of the “Traces of the Past” series organized by the ScoPE, AStA, the International Office and Faculty 2 is a two-day trip to Weimar – a city known for its rich German art, culture, and history. Weimar is a UNESCO World Heritage site and was home to famous writers like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. The Bauhaus, the world-famous school of art and design, was also founded in Weimar by the famous architect Walter Gropius. With its museums, castles, parks, and historic old town, Weimar offers a lot to explore.
But Weimar also has a darker side to its history: just a few kilometers from the city center lies the Buchenwald Memorial, the site of a former Nazi concentration camp. A visit there is a powerful reminder of the crimes of the Nazi era and the importance of remembering the past!
Trip Schedule
Monday, September 22, 2025
- Travel to Weimar by train & check-in at the youth hostel
- Guided city tour
- (optional: visit to the Bauhaus Museum)
- Group dinner in the evening
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
- Visit to the Buchenwald Memorial with a guided tour
- Return trip to Frankfurt am Main
Cost & Registration
The personal contribution is 50 €. Please register by Tuesday August 5, 2025 using the form HERE. You will receive a confirmation (20 places available) and the transaction details, including the IBAN, after registration.
What's included:
- Train travel (round trip)
- Travel insurance
- One night in shared rooms at the youth hostel
- Meals: dinner on Monday, breakfast and lunch package on Tuesday
There are 20 places available – first come, first served! Participation only possible if you’ve attended at least one prior event from April – to August.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at the following email address: coaching(at)fb2.fra-uas.de
For further information:
- Youth Hostel Weimar - "Germania": https://www.jugendherberge.de/en/youth-hostels/weimar-germania/
- Weimar: https://www.weimar.de/tourismus/
- Buchenwald Memorial: https://www.buchenwald.de/
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events (Dates & Registration Coming Soon):
August: Group visit to the Historisches Museum Frankfurt „Anbiederung und Aufarbeitung. Frankfurt und der Nationalsozialismus.“
September/October:2-day trip to Weimar
Visit to the Buchenwald Memorial and Weimar Museums (Goethe National Museum, Guided City Tour, with reservation Anna Amalia Library)
(Participation only possible if you’ve attended at least one prior event)
If you have any questions, feel free to contact: coaching(at)fb2.fra-uas.de
Past Events
- June: Guided Tour Memorial site at the Frankfurt Grossmarkthalle /European Central Bank
May: Guided City Tour Frankfurt's history from 1848
April: Talk “Nazi Germany: Developments and Structures”
with Thomas Altmeyer (Scientific Director of German Resistance 1933–1945, Memorial and Educational Site "Adlerwerke: Forced Labor and Concentration Camp," Frankfurt am Main)
Contact
School of Personal Development and Education (ScoPE)
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Nibelungenplatz 1 – D-60318 Frankfurt
Germany
info(at)scope.fra-uas.de