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“Sechs Wochen sind fast wie lebenslänglich…” Das Potsdamer Polizeigefängnis Priesterstrasse / Bauhofstrasse
Stiftung Gedenkstätte Lindenstrasse, Potsdam (Germany)Stiftung Gedenkstätte Lindenstrasse Lindenstraße 54, Potsdam, GermanyStiftung Gedenkstätte Lindenstrasse in Potsdam examines for the first time the history of the Potsdam police prison, the prison where Fritz Ascher spent almost 5 months in 1939. When the prison building in what is today Henning-von-Tresckow-Strasse was torn down in 2002, Potsdam historian Hannes Wittenberg was able to save two original artefacts, both today in the collection of the Potsdam Museum: an original prison door and a model of the prison building built by prisoners in the 1980s for fire protection exercises. Both objects are on display in the exhibition, together with original photographs and documents of the prison building. Fritz Ascher is one of the former prisoners, whose biography is being told. (website link) Questions being asked in [...]
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Rachel Stern: Gebrochen aber nicht verstummt – die Macht der Schaffenskraft. Der Expressionist Fritz Ascher (1893-1970)
Potsdam Museum, Potsdam (Germany)Potsdam Museum Am Alten Markt 9, Potsdam, GermanyLecture Rachel Stern Potsdam Museum, Potsdam (Germany) December 14, 2017, 6:00-8:00pm Rachel Stern: Gebrochen aber nicht verstummt – die Macht der Schaffenskraft. Der Expressionist Fritz Ascher (1893-1970) (Broken but not Destroyed – The Power of Creativity. The Expressionist Fritz Ascher (1893-1970))
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Eckhart Gillen: Fritz Ascher – Malerei nach der Shoah als Behauptung der eigenen Existenz
Potsdam Museum, Potsdam (Germany)Potsdam Museum Am Alten Markt 9, Potsdam, GermanyLecture Eckhart Gillen Potsdam Museum, Potsdam (Germany) January 12, 2018, 6:00-8:00pm Eckhart Gillen: Fritz Ascher – Malerei nach der Shoah als Behauptung der eigenen Existenz (Fritz Ascher – Painting after the Shoah as Reassurance of the Own Existence)
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Wiebke Hölzer: “Es ist eine Geschichte, die alle packen und befriedigen muss.”
Potsdam Museum, Potsdam (Germany)Potsdam Museum Am Alten Markt 9, Potsdam, GermanyLecture Wiebke Hölzer Potsdam Museum, Potsdam (Germany) January 18, 2018, 6:00-8:00pm Wiebke Hölzer: “Es ist eine Geschichte, die alle packen und befriedigen muss.” Fritz Aschers Gemälde “Golem” von 1916 im Kontext seiner Zeit (“It is a story that has to grab and satisfy everyone.” Fritz Ascher’s painting “Golem” from 1916 in the context of its time)
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Gudrun Rademacher: “Sinfonie des Waldes” – Der Grunewald als Motiv und Lebensort Fritz Aschers
Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin (Germany)Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Berlin, GermanyLecture Gudrun Rademacher Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin (Germany) January 25, 2018, 6:00-8:00pm Gudrun Rademacher: “Sinfonie des Waldes” – Der Grunewald als Motiv und Lebensort Fritz Aschers (“Symphony of the Forest” – The Grunewald as Fritz Ascher’s Motif and Home)
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Sabine Witt: “Kein Leben ohne Träne” – Leben und Werk von Fritz Ascher
Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin (Germany)Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Berlin, GermanyLecture Sabine Witt Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin (Germany) February 8, 2018, 6:00-:00pm Sabine Witt: “Kein Leben ohne Träne” – Leben und Werk von Fritz Ascher (“No Life without a Tear” – Fritz Ascher’s Life and Work)
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Wiebke Hölzer: “All mein Leben fühl ichs klingen. Stimmen die erbringend dringen.” Der Berliner Künstler Fritz Ascher im Netzwerk der Moderne
Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin (Germany)Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Berlin, GermanyFebruary 14, 2018, 6:00-8:00pm Wiebke Hölzer: “All mein Leben fühl ichs klingen. Stimmen die erbringend dringen.” Der Berliner Künstler Fritz Ascher im Netzwerk der Moderne (The Berlin Artist Fritz Ascher in the Network of Modernism)
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Ceremony placing “Stolperstein”
Niklasstraße 21/23, Berlin (Germany)Ceremony placing “Stolperstein” Niklasstraße 21/23, Berlin (Germany) February 21, 2018, 11:00-12:00am A “Stolperstein” (stumbling block) was placed as memorial in front of Niklasstraße 21/23 in Berlin-Zehlendorf, where Fritz Ascher’s family lived from 1909 On Wednesday, February 21, 11:00am at Niklasstr. 21/23 in Berlin-Zehlendorf Fritz Ascher got a “Stolperstein” (stumbling stone): “HERE LIVED FRITZ ASCHER BORN 1893 “PROTECTIVE IMPRISONMENT” 1938 PRISON POTSDAM 1939 RELEASED FROM 1942 IN HIDING SURVIVED” “Stolpersteine” (stumbling stones) is a project of the artist Gunter Demnig. The project commemorates people who were persecuted by the German Nazis between 1933 and 1945. “Stolpersteine ‘ are concrete blocks measuring 10 x 10 cm, which are laid into the pavement in front of the last voluntarily chosen places [...]
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Concert “Melancholie, Licht und Gesang”
Potsdam Museum, Potsdam (Germany)Potsdam Museum Am Alten Markt 9, Potsdam, GermanyWorld premiere of a musical rendering of Fritz Ascher’s poems by Potsdam composer Gisbert Näther performed by the Women Vocal Ensemble Berlin and Liana Narubina (piano)
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“Leben ist Glühn” Der Expressionist Fritz Ascher
Museum Schlösschen im Hofgarten, Wertheim/Main (Germany)Museum Schlösschen im Hofgarten Würzburger Str. 30, Wertheim, GermanyThe worldwide first Fritz Ascher Retrospective is on view at Museum Schlösschen im Hofgarten in Wertheim/Main until September 9, 2018. Here, a representative group of powerful paintings and drawings spans Ascher's whole oeuvre from first academic studies to monumental Expressionist figure compositions to late landscapes. Fritz Ascher's poems, written while hiding from Nazi persecution, can be discovered as "unpainted paintings" in relation to his artwork. In Wertheim, Ascher’s work can be seen in the context of his supporter Max Liebermann and his teachers Lovis Corinth, Ludwig Dettmann and Curt Agthe, thanks to the Schlösschen’s exquisite collection of Berlin Secession art. (website link) SWR Aktuell reported. (website link) Photos by Elmar Kellner and David Stern. A comprehensive German/English catalogue with essays [...]
