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The Jena tram system is celebrating its 125th anniversary this weekend with a major historical parade featuring vintage vehicles from the 1920s and the GDR era.
Jena, 14.04.2026 – A new, trilingual photo book highlights the facets of the Saalestadt. Under the title “Jena – Die Lichtstadt,” photographer Frank Liebold and author Marion Gebauer present a visual journey through the history and present of the municipality.
During an initial check of their holdings, the Städtische Museen Jena discovered evidence of possible looted property. A total of eleven objects from the National Socialist era, the Soviet Occupation Zone (SBZ), and the GDR are now suspected of having entered the city’s historical collection unlawfully.
Two large-scale oil paintings depicting historical Jena in the 1970s are the focus of a new cultural event. After a long period in storage, the works of Dresden painter Günter Tiedeken are being brought back into the public consciousness.
Initial checks in the city history collection of the Städtische Museen Jena have revealed concrete evidence of unlawfully acquired objects. The management is now systematically investigating suspected looted property from three different historical eras.
Jena/Neuengönna, 05.04.2026. Just in time for the major 125th anniversary of the Jena tram, a special historical document is moving into the spotlight. A photo rescued years ago from the surrounding area shows a previously unknown pioneer of urban local transport and is now sparking interest in the city’s history.
On April 11, 1945, around 4,000 Buchenwald prisoners were driven through Jena on a death march. The city commemorates the victims and focuses on the history of systematic Nazi forced labor.
Jena celebrates 125 years of its tram network. From the first “Electric” in 1901 to the modern “Lichtbahn,” the tram remains the backbone of urban mobility in the city on the Saale.
The moving memories of Holocaust survivor Robert Jehoshua Büchler are now available in German. His book “Kindheit im Schatten des Grauens” will be presented on April 9th at a public reading in the Jenaer Rathausdiele.
Jenaer Nahverkehr is celebrating its 125th anniversary on April 1, 2026, with a public action day and an evening reading session featuring historical archives and anecdotes.