Monday, July 19, 2021

Vita Magica July 2021

Dear Vita Magica friends, on Tuesday 27 July 2021 we finally start again! I am very happy to see everyone at Vita Magica again. As before, the events will take place on the last Tuesday of the month from 3.40pm - around 5.10pm ( exception December 2021 on 14 December ) in E 06. Unfortunately, only 24 visitors are allowed in the hall at the moment. We are very happy and grateful that the great pianist Peter Beutler will provide the musical accompaniment as before. Please register with me as soon as possible. I will forward your registrations to the Academy for the Elderly in Heidelberg. Many thanks in advance! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Checklist for your academy visit / course visit---------------------- Bring your Academy ID card with you---------------- Please wait at the entrance, our staff will take care of you---------------- Convalescents need the doctor's certificate------------------------ Vaccinated persons the vaccination card----------------------------- Otherwise you need a negative test result (not older than 24 hours); test station next door: In the Qube Hotel, Bergheimerstr. 74---------------- Masks are compulsory on all walkways in the building, please wear a medical or FFP2 mask------------------ Our employees are tested regularly------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best regards and see you soon! Wolfgang Hampel--------- Author of ' Satire is my favourite animal '----------- Founder of Vita Magica and Betty MacDonald fan club-------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vita Magica July - December 2021 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 July 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norbert Giovannini reads from the book "Silent Helpers" "Silent Helpers" - people who unselfishly stood by the side of the persecuted under National Socialism, protected them, provided for them, accommodated them. In individual biographies, we show examples of civil courage and moral action by prominent and unknown Heidelbergers who took on risk and danger.In a very current perspective, it is about the option to act, to be active and to help effectively. Marie Clauss, Hermann Maas, Heinrich Linse, Stephanie Pellissier and Frieda Müller - role models in silence. Norbert Giovannini (ed.), Ingrid Moraw, Reinhard Riese, Claudia Rink: Silent Helpers. A search for traces in Heidelberg 1933 - 1945. Kurpfälzischer Verlag Heidelberg, 364 pages, 24.80 €. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Silent Helpers. A tour through Heidelberg's West Town 720 views Premiered Oct 29, 2020 Sabine Giovannini 13 subscribers Tour by Theresia Bauer and Norbert Giovannini to six stations from the book "Stille Helfer. A search for traces in Heidelberg 1933-1945". Edited by N. Giovannini, I. Moraw, R. Riese, C. Rink. Kupfäzischer Verlag, 2019. Many thanks to Jessica Phillips Rieske for permission to use her recording of the "Trio Serenade in F minor" by Robert Kahn.