Opening hours & contact
- Torgau-Information-Center
- Markt 1 (inside the city hall), 04680 Torgau
Monday - Friday
10:00 a.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday, Holiday
10:00 a.m. - 04:00 p.m.
Elbe Day – The Festival for Historical Encounters 1945
To mark the 80th anniversary of the historic meeting at the end of the war, the town of Torgau, together with the Torgau Documentation and Information Centre (DIZ) of the Saxon Memorials Foundation, published an online publication about Elbe Day. In short articles, companions and project participants shed light not only on the history, but also on the intergenerational culture of remembrance up to the present day. In addition, a brochure on the topic was published in 2020.
Do you want to know what happened in Torgau on April 25, 1945?
On April 25, 1945, American and Soviet soldiers met on the destroyed Elbe bridge near Torgau and symbolically sealed the imminent end of World War II. Every year, Elbe Day in April commemorates this historic encounter with a colorful cultural program.