The society stands up for tolerance and respect for the human dignity and turns against violence, racism and exclusion of minorities.
Main focus of the society's work:
- Exploration and documentation of the history of German-Jewish families
- Retrieval and conservation of the evidences left by the German-Jewish culture in our region
- Remembrance to the age-long presence of Jewish Germans in the north of hesse
- Approachment and care of contacts with emigrated families, especially even with the following generations
- Interviewing contemporary witnesses
- Recording, refurbishing and publishment of memoirs of contemporary witnesses
- Public relation to inform about the destiny of Jewish citizens, about their life across the centuries, the persecution, banishment and deportation
- Close cooperation with like-minded groups and institutions
- Guided tours on the traces of Jewish citizens in the city
- Guided tours through the exhibition "German-Jewish life in our region" for school classes, confirmand groups, societies and so on