Edith Stein

This project focuses on the figure of EDITH STEIN, who reveals one of the unseen sides of Chemnitz – her favourite place to go on her frequent visits. Edith, a patron saint of Europe, was born in Breslau (now Wroclaw in Poland) in 1891. She was an unusual woman: German, Jewish, psychologist, teacher and doctor of philosophy, and finally a Carmelite nun who took the name Teresia Benedicta a Cruce and was murdered in Auschwitz in 1942. The project includes an exhibition about her life, an art and dance workshop and a concert of Jewish music in a lighthearted and joyful atmosphere.