The Difficulty of Dealing with Loss. The Demolition of the Center of Johanngeorgenstadt in the 1950s

After 1945, the Soviet-German Wismut company began large-scale uranium mining in the Ore Mountains. The small town of Johanngeorgenstadt was among the most important mining areas. As a result of the intensive mining operations, the old town—under which numerous tunnels lay—had to be demolished, in some cases against the resistance of the local population. In his lecture, Manuel Schramm describes the lasting effects that the demolition of the old town has had on the city’s cultural and social identity up to the present day. Den Originalbeitrag und mehr finden Sie bitte hier: https://lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/abandoned_cities_schramm