Brochure "Two names, one city" available again
Due to the very high demand from Chemnitz citizens, the brochure on the renaming of the city "Two names, one city" has been published for the third time. The brochure is now available again free of charge from the town hall.
The 25-page brochure tells the stories of the city from its renaming in 1953 to its renaming in 1990, including photos by Helmut Pfeifer from the archives of Claus Modaleck. Further material comes from the Chemnitz City Archive, the Office of the Federal Commissioner for Stasi Records and other contemporary witnesses. Those involved in the renaming process talk about their motivation, feelings, ambivalence and passions. The interviewees included the mayor Stefan Weber (it was one of his last interviews), honorary citizen and former superintendent Christoph Magirius, the former mayor Dr Eberhard Langer, the co-organiser of the referendum Claus Modaleck and Manfred Hastedt, director of the Environmental Centre - representing the many reunification projects that have been created over the past 25 years.
A total of 4,000 copies of the brochure have been distributed since June last year. The current reprint has a print run of 5,000 copies.