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We bring people together so that remembering the Holocaust becomes a responsibility we live today.
Würdesache means “a matter of dignity”.
Würdesache brings together people who carry remembrance forward and stand up for one another. Our pomegranate mosaic expresses this connection.
A contemporary interpretation inspired by synagogue mosaics.Educators and young people gain historical grounding, language, and critical judgment.
Protect dignity, listen to one another, and make room for belonging.
Recognize exclusion, support those affected, and take responsibility together.
“Human dignity shall be inviolable.”
These words need people who live by them. In schools. In encounters. In everyday life.
Encounters that carry forward
Avigdor Neumann · signed personal statement of support · 2 September 2026“I hope this work will encourage them not only to remember, but also to recognize the dignity of every human being.”
These documented encounters took place before Würdesache was founded. They inform our work, but were not projects of the new association.
More than 200 students heard Avigdor Neumann by video, with additional Bavarian schools joining. The published report records the students’ questions and reflections.
Read the school report Also reported in Kreisbote · 8 April 2025Avigdor Neumann and Max Volpert spoke with Class 8A about persecution and survival. The school documented the historical context and the conversation with students.
Read the school documentationFurther records are being consolidated. We publish reach figures only when the underlying documentation is complete.
Augsburg · October 2026
At Maria-Theresia-Gymnasium, Avigdor Neumann shared his life story with students. They listened, asked questions and stayed to speak with him afterwards. In the evening, people came together at Augsburg Town Hall.
Help make more encounters possibleAvigdor’s visit brought people together for conversation and remembrance in Germany and Austria. After Augsburg, the exchange continued in Munich. We hope to build on these encounters, including through video conversations.
Stay in touchWe are developing lasting work with schools: preparation, shared experiences and meaningful follow-up. Dates, funding and partnerships are still being arranged.
Growing with schools
A conversation can open something up. Together with teachers, we want to turn that moment into learning that continues in everyday school life.
Get involvedWe want to help teachers and students explore the history and prepare their own questions.
Personal stories should open a space to listen, ask questions and understand.
Students’ own projects should help the encounter live on in everyday school life.
Carrying stories forward
Virtual testimonies can open a door. Talking together helps us make sense of the experience.
Associations, youth groups, congregations and other organized groups can also enquire about an educationally guided screening with VR headsets. We discuss the audience, group size, venue, equipment, costs, preparation and follow-up personally. An enquiry is not a booking confirmation; an offer follows once use and delivery arrangements are agreed. For minors, focused remembrance education is intended from grade 9.
Enquire about a group screeningThe full VR film “Avigdor” was produced by Triumph of the Spirit (Nitzcha Haruach). Würdesache is preparing its educational use in Germany with the relevant rights holders; a formal use and operating agreement has not yet been concluded.
Learn about Triumph of the Spirit74 seconds · original clip with English subtitles · supplied via Bila Nuiman; film credit: Spokesperson’s Division, President’s Residence. Poster photograph: Yossi Zeliger.
The clip shows Avigdor Neumann at a project presentation, in conversation, and in the context of a VR demonstration. Other participants try the headsets. This introduces an existing implementation in Israel; it is neither the full 360° film nor a completed Würdesache school program.
The original clip is hosted directly on this website. No autoplay and no external video player.
What we are building
We are developing training on antisemitism, Holocaust education and human dignity. Teachers should gain confidence in discussion, recognise exclusion and support those affected. Our support is intended to extend beyond a single seminar.
We plan seminars and projects shaped by young people: a remembrance day, an exhibition or an audio walk. They should discover what their own actions can mean. Values education can begin in primary school; focused historical remembrance education is intended from grade 9.
Historical places raise questions that deserve time. We are developing guided journeys, initially to Munich/Dachau and Linz/Mauthausen/Gusen, linked to subsequent school projects. Dates and funding remain open.
Personal encounters and educationally guided VR testimonies can help keep life stories accessible to young people. Careful preparation and reflection remain essential. Using the VR film depends on licensing agreements and funding that are still to be arranged.
We welcome people and institutions who wish to contribute knowledge, time, connections or funding. New cooperation will be developed together; no partnership is presumed.
Supporters
Avigdor Neumann and Bila Nuiman personally support this purpose. Their encouragement helps us turn remembrance into responsibility.
Personal, signed statements dated 2 September 2026. They do not constitute an institutional partnership or a commitment to specialist advice.“Remembrance has meaning when it strengthens respect, responsibility and humanity in the present.”
For those who wish to know more: our purpose, educational approach and case for support in an English PDF. It describes our plans as of September 2026.
Read our concept paper (English PDF)A conversation is a beginning
Would you like to enable an encounter, get your school involved or support our work? Write to us.