Chemnitz resists - my dream for tomorrow
A project of the Chemnitz City Archive - Call for participation
The city archive is launching a new project. Under the title "Chemnitz resists - my dream for tomorrow", Chemnitz residents are invited to share their stories, their experiences of dealing with the current difficulties and their dreams for the future.
"The city archive, as the centre of the city's memory, would like to collect the stories and present them later in an appropriate form," says Dr Paolo Cecconi, head of the city archive. Chemnitz residents, guests, parents, grandparents and children who are looking for a new everyday life in the current situation and who do not give up despite difficulties and who are proud of the city and its history are invited to take part.
The stories will be collected until the end of 2020, after which the city archive will begin analysing and processing them.
The background
The corona pandemic has had a profound impact on everyone's lives, both on everyday life, future plans and the respective perception of society, as well as on the perception of the city as a whole. The documentary "Chemnitz resists - my dream for tomorrow" is intended to remind everyone of resilience and the ability to dream the future despite the pandemic.
Scope
We are asking for Word files with a maximum of 6,000 characters (without spaces) with a picture of Chemnitz from the window of your own apartment/house or with a self-portrait.
Submission
Please send the reports with the subject "Chemnitz resists" either by email to stadtarchiv(at)stadt-chemnitz.de or by post, also handwritten (max. two A4 sheets), to: Stadtarchiv Chemnitz, Aue 16, 09112 Chemnitz. Closing date: end of the year 2020.