Students explore the culture of remembrance at subcamp VII

How do you convey a story that meets with resistance?

Tour and discussion at the former Kaufering VII subcamp – May 12, 2026

On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, a tour took place at the former Kaufering VII subcamp near Landsberg-Erpfting, which had a different focus than comparable tours. The focus was not on the history of the camp itself, but on the question of the conditions under which its communication succeeds – and where it fails.

The event was part of the practical semester at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences: social work students on the Methodological Professionalism III module, led by Prof. Martin Stummbaum, explored genocide and the culture of remembrance as a field of social work on site. The tour was accompanied by Wolfgang Hauck, lecturer at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and initiator of the NaziCrimesAtlas and BayernHistoryApp projects.

The tour used digital access to both applications – including contributions that Wolfgang Hauck had developed together with the late Manfred Deiler, President of the European Holocaust Memorial Foundation, and the historian Dr. Edith Raim. Both have since passed away: Manfred Deiler on November 12, 2023, Dr. Edith Raim on July 1, 2025. Their contributions will remain accessible as part of the digital memory of this place.

The tour was followed by an open discussion in the parking lot, in which students and citizens from Landsberg and the district took part.

Participants

Students in the module Methodological Professionalism III: Practice Research and Quality (in) Social Work, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Martin Stummbaum, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences (module leader)
Wolfgang Hauck, lecturer at TH Augsburg, board member of dieKunstBauStelle e.V. (tour guide)
Interested members of the public

Picture gallery

Information and digital access

Background

The former Kaufering VII subcamp was one of eleven camps in the Kaufering subcamp complex – the largest subcamp complex of Dachau concentration camp. The preservation of the site is largely due to the commitment of the Landsberg Citizens’ Association, which was founded in 1983. For the historical context of the site and the history of coming to terms with the past after 1945, please refer to the documentation of the discussion from 2021.

Grannies against the right Protest against Karl Schrem building Landsberg am Lech

Discussion on the culture of remembrance in Landsberg am Lech

Taking stock of Landsberg’s culture of remembrance

Discussion and protest action by Omas gegen Rechts on August 14, 2021 in Landsberg am Lech

Short link to this article: https://bit.ly/Diskussion2021

Dossier for discussion: Dossier for the discussion of 2021 [PDF]

Addendum April 2026

Two of the four participants in this discussion have since passed away: Manfred Deiler on November 12, 2023, and Dr. Edith Raim on July 1, 2025. Their contributions thus bear witness to a generation that has come to terms with and passed on the legacy of Landsberg’s Nazi history. The video document and the authorized transcription remain accessible as a primary source. Due to current events, we have revised the sound quality of the 2026 video recording and re-recorded the contribution.

The occasion

On Saturday, August 14, 2021, members of the Munich regional group of the “Omas gegen Rechts” initiative came to Landsberg am Lech for a stocktaking and protest action.
The reason for the protest was the planned naming of a new building in the “Urbanes Leben am Papierbach” residential area as the “Karl Schrem Building”. Karl Schrem (1895-1981) was the director of the former Bayerische Pflugfabrik – an armaments factory with forced labor during the Second World War – and a member of the NSDAP since 1938.

The public justification strategies, trivialization and condoning by the town, the press, letters to the editor and social media have caused concern outside Landsberg. In addition to a tour of the former Kaufering VII subcamp, a discussion on the situation and status of Landsberg’s culture of remembrance took place at dieKunstBauStelle e.V. in the evening.

The discussion is reproduced here as video documentation. An edited transcription of the contributions to the discussion, authorized by all participants, is available.

Caption: Panel discussion on August 14, 2021 at dieKunstBauStelle e.V. in Landsberg am Lech. From the left: Dr. habil. Edith Raim (†), historian, University of Augsburg; Manfred Deiler (†), President of the European Holocaust Memorial Foundation; Gabriele Triebel, Member of Parliament, Alliance 90/The Greens; Wolfgang Hauck, artist and actor in the culture of remembrance. In the background: Participants of the Munich regional group of the “Grannies against the Right” initiative. Photo: Christian Rudnik

Participants in the discussion

Dr. habil. Edith Raim † , historian, lecturer at the University of Augsburg, numerous publications on Landsberg’s Nazi history and Nazi justice
Gabriele Triebel, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, Alliance 90/The Greens
Manfred Deiler † , President of the European Holocaust Memorial Foundation e.V.
Wolfgang Hauck, artist, project developer of the culture of remembrance, board member of dieKunstBauStelle e.V., (moderator)

Notes on documentation

The first report on the event was published on August 18, 2021. The video recording and transcription followed in September 2021. In April 2026, the sound quality of the video recording was revised and the report was reclassified due to the current situation.

Sources

Further press articles on the naming debate
Discussion of the naming of the Karl Schrem Bau 2021 and reports on the visit of the Omas gegen Rechts in Landsberg am Lech.

Online

The access status of the following links is August 2022. Individual sources have been changed or removed since then (see notes).

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