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In November 2022, Munich's held a significant ceremony to commemorate 20 former Jewish schoolgirls who were murdered during the Holocaust. This event, marking the school's 200th anniversary, involved placing Memorial Signs (Erinnerungszeichen) at the school's main entrance.

: The ceremony included addresses from Charlotte Knobloch (President of the Jewish Community of Munich), Mayor Katrin Habenschaden, and descendants of the victims.

Detailed accounts of these students' lives and the school's memorial project can be found on the official Erinnerungszeichen (Memorial Signs) website or via personal essays by relatives, such as this piece by Michael Felsen in . Ruth Levinger | Erinnerungszeichen

: Born in Munich in 1908 and murdered in 1940 at the Hartheim Euthanasia Centre.