Days of Jewish Culture in Chemnitz

The “Days of Jewish Culture” in Chemnitz hold significant cultural and social importance in the city’s cultural calendar. Building on a number of earlier initiatives, the “Days of Jewish Culture” (TdjK) have been held annually as a festival since 1992. This makes them one of the oldest festivals of their kind in Saxony and beyond.

A defining feature of Chemnitz is the creative collaboration between a wide variety of partners in the city – including cultural institutions, cultural associations, community groups, educational bodies, church organisations and the Jewish community itself – in organising the festival. The partners contribute in terms of content, organisation, personnel and funding. This format is remarkable as it opens up a wide range of content and thematic diversity in relation to the respective focal points. It brings together individual social actors into a highly visible force, and has done so since 1992!