On the brick wall of the Union grounds, there is a cast aluminum plaque created by Eberhard F. Gutberlet in 2024. It bears the words of Rose Ausl\u00e4nder, a poet whose life was marked by the deepest abysses of the 20th century. Her plea, \u201eDo not forget, friends, we travel together,\u201c is a timeless reminder that despite all divisions, we are responsible for one another on this one, undivided Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plaque hangs above Friedhelm Welge's work \u201eSetting off to Other Worlds.\u201c The sculpture depicts Aegidius, who, as the only one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, was able to conclude a fulfilled life and died peacefully \u2013 he is the one who survived. A disturbing yet hopeful parallel to Rose Ausl\u00e4nder emerges here. Like Aegidius, she too is a survivor, one who has returned from the darkness to show us the way. While the figure of Aegidius, in its capsule-like form, symbolizes protection and quiet contemplation, Ausl\u00e4nder's poem breaks open this shell: she reminds the survivor that their journey does not end in isolation, but in community with all those who are still on their way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This interplay is part of a larger literary path on the grounds. Just a bit further, you'll find the plaque dedicated to Paul Celan, whom Rose Ausl\u00e4nder once met in the Czernowitz Ghetto. That both texts have now found their place here, each corresponding with a sculpture by Welge, weaves an invisible network of history and attitude. It is an invitation to comprehend the gift of survival as a mission\u2014for a shared journey on this undivided Earth.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An der Backsteinwand des Union-Gel\u00e4ndes findet sich eine Tafel aus Aluminiumguss, geschaffen von Eberhard F. Gutberlet im Jahr 2024. Sie tr\u00e4gt die Worte von Rose Ausl\u00e4nder, einer Dichterin, deren Leben von den tiefsten Abgr\u00fcnden des 20. Jahrhunderts gezeichnet war. Ihr Aufruf \u201eVergesset nicht, Freunde, wir reisen gemeinsam\u201c ist eine zeitlose Erinnerung daran, dass wir trotz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte-povera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438,"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions\/2438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionitaet.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}