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Station 1: Erna Hosemann’s Apartment and AWOs Office as of 1960
Von-Schildeck-Straße 3 Erna Hosemann came to Fulda because of the war. She was a Social Democrat from Berlin and also became the city councillor for SPD in Fulda. Back then…
Station 2: AWO Office as of 1970
Von-Schildeck-Straße 12 Erna Hosemann’s sister moved in with her to help her out. She therefore had to move into the Schildeckstraße 12 in the former Jewish Rabbi’s apartment in 1970.…
Station 3: Storehouse for Aid Supplies
Vor-dem-Peterstor 4 In the postwar years, needy people had the opportunity to get clothes, shoes and food in this house at Peterstor. This was the storage for the collected items.…
Station 4: Youth Club – Consultation Centre
Heinrichstraße 67 This house was a popular meeting place for the youth in the 1980s. AWO’s youth work was based here. There were many groups and each had its own…
Station 5: Bicycle Repair Workshop– Start of Youth Projects
Nikolausstraße 12 Working together and eating together- that is the principle of our “ „Lohn und Brot“- translated- wages and bread, project. The model project for unemployed young men and…
Station 6: Central arrival point
Bahnhof Fulda AWO was founded immediately after World War 1 in 1946. There were many refugees and homeless people. In that year, 49 trains with almost a total of 60,000…
Station 7: L14/2 as a cultural centre
Lindenstraße 2 For more than 20 years the AWO North Hessen Youth Centre was situated in its quarters in the Langebrückenstraße 14.(The offices of the AWO county association were situated…
Station 8: Office and Sewing Parlour 1946-1960
Rittergasse 7 Work here started in 1946 in the narrow and small rooms of the office in the Rittergasse. Every week about 10 women met. They sewed clothes especially for…
Station 9: Hunger and Cold
Vonderaumuseum near to Universitätsplatz The American military government started free school meals after the war for all schools and children due to extreme hunger in the families. AWO took…
Station 10: Kino35/Cinema 35 – Building with a history (Mosque)
Ohmstraße 18 This building was build in 1906 as a factory for making pencils. For many years there was a mosque on the first floor and a Turkish grocery store…