The French composer Olivier Messiaen proved that music does not divide, but unites, when he composed his masterpiece "Quartet on the End of Time" while imprisoned in the Stalag VIII A prisoner of war camp in Görlitz (now Zgorzelec) and performed it for the first time in the camp on January 15, 1941. The International Messiaen Days take place around January 15 in memory of all those who suffered and hoped in this camp - a festival with top-class artists that brings the existential power of music to life in a variety of ways.
Bus shuttle to the Stalag VIII A memorial site
16:30 Bus** Demianiplatz (old bus station near the theater), Görlitz
16:45 Bus** PKP Zgorzelec Miasto, Zgorzelec
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17:00 Guided tour, Stalag VIII A Görlitz Memorial, ul. Jeńców Stalagu VIII A 1Koźlice, 59-900 Zgorzelec
Alexandra Grochowski will focus on the stories of individual prisoners of war during the open-air tour of the historic Stalag VIII A memorial site. She will make it clear that the sober figures conceal countless personal fates, characterized by hope, loss and deep human tragedies.
18:15 Bus shuttle** from Stalag VIII A to the Görlitz Synagogue Cultural Forum in Görlitz
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19:00 Concert
Quator pour la fin du Temps
Baltic Neopolis Virtuosi
at the Kulturforum Görlitzer Synagoge, Otto-Müller-Straße 3, 02826 Görlitz
