The many names of the IG-Farben-Haus - table

Date	Name	Building use
1930-1945	IG-Farben-Haus	Headquarters of IG Farben AG
1945-1952	‘Farben Building’ (unofficial name used by the Americans) ‘Little Amerika’ (unofficial name used by the public)	US headquarters
1952-1975		European headquarters of the US V Corps
1975-1996	General Creighton W. Abrams Building
1996-2001	IG-Farben-Haus (not an official renaming)	Bought and renovated by the state of Hesse
2001-	Poelzig Ensemble (suggested) IG-Farben-Haus Poelzig Bau (an official name has not yet been decided)	Main buildings for the Faculty of Humanities, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University,  Frankfurt am Main
Table 1 – The many names of the IG-Farben-Haus

Niemand kann aus der Geschichte seines Volkes austreten

"Niemand kann aus der Geschichte seines Volkes austreten. Man soll und darf die Vergangenheit nicht 'auf sich beruhen lassen', weil sie sonst auferstehen und zu neuer Gegenwart werden könnte."Jean Améry, 1975 

“No one can escape from the history of his people. 

One should and must not ‘allow the past to rest,’ 

because it otherwise could be resurrected and become the new present.”

Jean Améry, 1975  

Information on the Gedenktafel (memorial plaque) at the IG Farben-Haus found here (in German) http://www.stadtgeschichte-ffm.de/service/gedenktafeln/ig_farben_haus.html

Translation of the inscription and more information on Jean Améry found here (English or German): http://www.wollheim-memorial.de/en/der_essayband_jenseits_von_schuld_und_suehne_von_jean_amry_1966