20. June 2025

VW project days with special animal guest

Yes, it was warm. Yes, the days ran from Wednesday to Friday. And yet the VW trainee group was fully involved. But let’s start at the beginning. Unlike usual, this time the project days started on Wednesday and not on …

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16. June 2025

A bag of volunteering please!

Engagiert im Quartier invites you to the first open garden for volunteering Last Friday, the garden of the Old Gasometer in Zwickau experienced a premiere: the first ‘Open Garden for Volunteering’ opened its doors. This event brought together volunteers, interested …

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11. June 2025

In memory of Theodoros Boulgarides. He would have turned 61 today

Finally, Theodoros Boulgarides’ memorial tree also has a sponsoring organisation. This year, the youth advisory council of the city of Zwickau has taken over the commemoration of NSU victim Theodoros Boulgarides. To mark his birthday, home-made cranes were hung on …

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04. June 2025

VW visits for the 4th time this year

It’s June, summer is just around the corner and apprentices from the VW Mosel plant are once again at the old gasometer. For the fourth time this year, 18 trainees took part in the project days. Accompanied by intensive discussions, …

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21. May 2025

In Memory of Abdurrahim Özüdoğru

Today, a small but committed group of members from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Zwickau North gathered to commemorate Abdurrahim Özüdoğru. He would have been 72 years old today and was murdered by the right-wing terrorist NSU on 13 June …

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21. May 2025

Wissen machtZ! about german-russian relationship

On May 21, 2025, the Alter Gasometer in Zwickau hosted an insightful lecture as part of the “Wissen machtZ!” series: “Berlin and Moscow – Forever in Conflict?” The event shed light on the profound changes in German-Russian relations since 2014, …

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08. May 2025

Many young people at the school cinema

Over 150 pupils from 6 different schools from Zwickau and the surrounding area came to the Old Gasometer to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. The film ‘The Glass Room’ is set …

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07. May 2025

From V for values to W for wisdom – VW trainees as guests

For the third time this year, 18 second-year apprentices from the VW plant in Mosel took part in the project days. New group, same programme, different results. Once again, the project began with a reflection on their own values and …

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02. May 2025

FSV Zwickau celebrates 75 years of championship in the Alter Gasometer

On April 25, 2025, FSV Zwickau celebrated the 75th anniversary of the first GDR soccer championship of its predecessor club ZSG Horch Zwickau in the Old Gasometer – and how! The ceremony began at 6 p.m. and marked the start …

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01. May 2025

In memory of Mehmet Kubaşık. He would have been 59 years old today.

Students, teachers and parents of the DPFA primary school in Zwickau remembered Mehmet Kubaşık together today. Mehmet Kubaşık would have been 59 years old today. However, he was murdered by the right-wing terrorist NSU in Dortmund on 4 April 2006. …

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29. March 2025

Write your way through the nineties

‘Write your way through the nineties’ took place on 1 March 2025 and 29 March 2025 at the Altes Gasometer with 20 participants. In the form of writing courses, the project invites people who can consciously remember the period of …

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