The deportation of Jews from Steel to Izbica - reading and talk with Dr. Steffen Hänschen

On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

An event as part of the series:

How do we stop the political trend to the right? Political and civil society consequences under discussion

In April 1942, 32 Jews from Steele were deported via Düsseldorf to the Polish transit ghetto Izbica. From there, transports left for the Belzec and Sobibor extermination camps.

Izbica was the largest of the so-called transit ghettos. Around 20,000 people from six countries were deported there. From March 1942, the transports to the "Aktion Reinhardt" extermination camps took place from there.

The lecture on International Holocaust Remembrance Day sheds light on the deportations to Izbica, the events on site and how they are dealt with today.


📅Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 7:00 pm

🏠GRENDTheater, Westfalenstr. 311, 45276 Essen-Steele

💸Admission free / donation requested




Speaker: Dr. Steffen Hänschen, Berlin (Bildungswerk Stanisław Hantz e.V.)
Moderation: Susanne Abeck
Organizer: Mut machen - Steele bleibt bunt in cooperation with the GREND Kulturzentrum and the GRENDTheater