The second temporary exhibition of 2026 will open on Thursday, October 08 2026, at 7:00 p.m.
The exhibition “Resistance in Luckenwalde—The Community for Peace and Reconstruction 1943/44” sheds light on the activities of one of the most extraordinary—and today largely forgotten—German resistance groups against the Nazi regime. Founded in 1943 by court clerk Hans Winkler and Jewish electrician Werner Scharff, the group was active in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, during 1943 and 1944. It was unique in that both Jewish and non-Jewish people worked together underground. The approximately 30 members, organized in a decentralized manner, helped Jews in hiding by providing shelter, food, and forged documents. In addition, they produced approximately 3,500 leaflets calling for passive resistance and surrender, which were secretly distributed throughout the German Reich. They even sent fake death sentences to Gestapo informants as a means of intimidation. In the fall of 1944, the group was broken up by the Gestapo after being denounced.
This historical project was initiated by the “Working Group on Culture of Remembrance” and the “Bibliothek im Bahnhof” and was presented to the public in 2024 as part of a special exhibition organized by the city of Luckenwalde at the Bibliothek im Bahnhof.
The Foundation Jewish Museum Creglingen is pleased to present this special exhibition at the museum (October 8 – November 15, 2026) and thereby honor the work of this extraordinary resistance group. The historian and Journalist Hartmut F. Reck from the “Working Group on Culture of Remembrance” will introduce the exhibition on October 8, 7:00pm at the Jewish Museum in Creglingen.
Following this exhibition, the foundation plans to screen a documentary film about this resistance group on November 19, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.
Admission to both events is free.
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