<Home – place of longing – place of despair", was the motto of the 28th Days of Jewish Culture in Chemnitz 2019. The Jewish community began on June 10th in the synagogue with a prayer for the welfare of the city, followed by a panel discussion on the subject of home. For the Jewish Community of Chemnitz unites many life stories of immigrants of Russian origin. These biographies are an example of how identity and home can be defined in times of global mobility and diverse migration processes.

Impulses on this topic were given by Dr. Thomas Feist, the representative for Jewish life in Saxony, Mrs. Etelka Kobuß, the integration representative of the city of Chemnitz, and Dr. Ruth Röcher, chairwoman of the Jewish community of Chemnitz. Afterwards they discussed this topic with the guests. The event was concluded with a short film, which gave former Chemnitz Jews a chance to speak.