“The miracle of Hanover” is still the phrase used today when people talk about Rudolf Hillebrecht - the man who not only rebuilt Hanover as city planning officer, but also directly redesigned it into a presentable, car-friendly city. Above all, the Cityring, on which we have also placed the festival center for theaterformen, has made Hillebrecht famous as an urban planner.

What is talked about less often and, above all, much less readily, is Hillebrecht’s stellar career in the Third Reich, the administration of forced laborers and the Nazi milieus, which were an undeniable part of his professional work and also of his success. Ivana Rohr highlighted this part of the architect and his “miracle with a Nazi background” in a short lecture performance and brought it to the fore, not only in her performance, but also in the subsequent discussion with Dilek Ruf, the then chairwoman of the BDA Hannover, an association that still likes to adorn itself with Hillebrecht, at least in part, and was correspondingly incensed.