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==Cultural life== [[File:Oldenburger Hundehütten-20130723.jpg|thumb|250px|"Hundehütten" (dog houses) typical architecture in Oldenburg]] ===Recurring cultural events=== * ''Kultursommer'' (summer of culture), series of free musical and other cultural events in the city centre during summer holiday season in July. * ''CSD Nordwest (Christopher Street Day)'' parade of the regional [[LGBT|Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender]] community in June, with up to 10,000 participants (since 1995). * ''Stadtfest'', a three-day festival of the city centre in August/September, comprises gastronomical offerings and rock and pop music performances on various stages. * ''[[Oldenburg International Film Festival]]'', a privately organised [[film festival]] in September, focused on [[independent film]] and film makers. The festival is funded through public subsidies and private sponsoring. * ''Kramermarkt'', [[funfair|fun fair]] at the [[Weser-Ems Halle]] on ten days in September/October. The tradition of this annual [[volksfest]] dates back to the 17th century, when the Kramermarkt was a market event at the end of the harvest. * ''Oldenburger Kinder- und Jugendbuchmesse (KIBUM)'', an exhibition of new [[German language]] [[Children's literature|children's and youth literature]], takes place over 11 days in November. A non-commercial fair organised by the city government in cooperation with the public library and the university library. In the course of the fair, a prize, the ''Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis'', is awarded to a debuting author or illustrator. ===Points of interest=== * Core city centre, large pedestrianized shopping destination for the region. * [[Oldenburg State Theatre]], oldest mainstream theatre in Oldenburg, first opened in 1833. * [[Schloss Oldenburg]] in the city centre, until 1918 residence of the monarchic rulers of Oldenburg, today a museum. A public park, the ''Schlossgarten'', is nearby. * [[Weser-Ems Halle]], exhibition and congress centre with outdoor fair area, located in Oldenburg Donnerschwee. * [[Small EWE Arena]] and [[Large EWE Arena]], two sports and event halls located near the main railway station, opened in 2005 and 2013, and seating up to 4,000 and 6,852 visitors respectively. The large arena is also home to the ''[[EWE Baskets Oldenburg]]'' basketball club. ===Lutheran community=== Oldenburg is the seat of administration and bishop of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg]], whose preaching venue is the [[St Lamberti Church]]. ===Jewish community=== [[File:Young Nathan Marcus Adler.JPG|thumb|upright|Nathan Marcus Adler, chief Rabbi of the Oldenburg Jewish community in the 19th century]] The [[History of the Jews in Oldenburg|history of the Jewish community of Oldenburg]] dates back to the 14th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11684-oldenburg|title=OLDENBURG - JewishEncyclopedia.com|website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com|access-date=29 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622031521/http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11684-oldenburg|archive-date=22 June 2017}}</ref> Towards and during the 19th century, the Jews in Oldenburg were always around 1% of the total population, and by that time had acquired their own synagogue, cemetery and school. Most of them were merchants and businessmen. On 1938 [[Kristallnacht]], the town men were led to [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp]], among them [[Leo Trepp]], the community [[Rabbi]] who survived and later became an honorary citizen of Oldenburg and honored by a street named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldenburg.de/?id=2628|title=1990: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Leo Trepp – Stadt Oldenburg|first=Stadt|last=Oldenburg|website=www.oldenburg.de|access-date=29 April 2018}}</ref> Since 1981 an annual commemoration walk (Erinnerungsgang) has been held by Oldenburg citizens in memory of the deportation of the Oldenburg Jews on November 10, 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erinnerungsgang.de|title=Erinnerungsgang -|website=Erinnerungsgang|access-date=29 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024165959/http://www.erinnerungsgang.de/|archive-date=24 October 2017}}</ref> Those who remained after 1938 emigrated to Canada, USA, United Kingdom, Holland or Mandatory Palestine. After [[World War II]], a group of survivors returned to the city and maintained a small community until it was dissolved during the 1970s. Nevertheless, due to Jewish emigration from the former [[Soviet Union|USSR]] to Germany in the 1990s, a community of about 340 people is now maintaining its own synagogue, cemetery and other facilities. The old Jewish cemetery, which is no longer active after the opening of a new one, was desecrated twice in 2011 and 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sem40.ru/index.php?newsid=239989 |title=Антисемиты осквернили еврейское кладбище в Ольденбурге » Центральный Еврейский Ресурс SEM40. Израиль, Ближний восток, евреи |access-date=2015-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125323/http://www.sem40.ru/index.php?newsid=239989 |archive-date=2015-04-02 }}</ref>
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