Preparations are underway for the premiere of the Stolperstein films on January 26 and 27 at Puschkino. Titled 'Unseen!', this year's production series sheds light on stories that have long remained in the shadows of memorial culture. The films give voice to women forced into prostitution at Buchenwald concentration camp, and to Kurt Koch from Halle, a gay man whose story has never been told. One production follows Michal Saar Bleiweiß on her journey from Israel to Halle for the installation of a Stolperstein in memory of her father Manfred Katz, and explore with Tanya Yael Raab how antisemitic body norms continue to shape beauty ideals and the pursuit of self-optimization today. Another production documents the attacks on the Stolpersteine in Zeitz, capturing the civil courage of a city that refuses to look away.
