--- title: "Irina Scherbakova signs the Golden Book in Chemnitz; city honors guest" sdDatePublished: "2026-04-28T10:06:00Z" source: "https://www.chemnitz.de/en/current/current-news/news/irina-scherbakova-signs-the-golden-book" topics: - name: "human interest" identifier: "medtop:08000000" - name: "ceremony" identifier: "medtop:20000501" - name: "people" identifier: "medtop:20000502" locations: - "Chemnitz" --- Irina Scherbakova signs the Golden Book in Chemnitz; city honors guest Irina Scherbakova signs the Golden Book: Chemnitz.de SubnavCurrentLatest newsChemnitz 2025Current topicsHoliday calendarNew Year's reception of the Lord MayorReview of the year 2025Art in architecture competitionMayors for Peace art competitionEnergy savingPressPress releasesPress officeMedia in ChemnitzConstruction site serviceEmergency servicesAnnouncementsPublicationsOfficial journalReportsBrochuresSurveysYouth surveyCity centreEnvironmental surveyLocal supplyCitizen survey 2020Calendar of eventsInformation 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Irina Scherbakowa is a founding member of the human rights organisation Memorial.The Nobel Prize winner signed the Golden Book of the City of Chemnitz and then read from her latest work in the Hartmannfabrik. Irina Scherbakowa was in Chemnitz for the launch of her book "Der Schlüssel würde noch passen". The reading was organised by the Saxon State Centre for Political Education. The International Society for Historical Clarification, Human Rights and Social Welfare Memorial, or Memorial International for short, is a human rights organisation founded in the Soviet Union in January 1989, but which was officially dissolved in Russia in 2021. Memorial focuses on the historical reappraisal of political tyranny, advocacy for the observance of human rights and social care for the survivors of the Soviet labour camp system (Gulag). The Memorial organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 for its commitment. Despite the ban in Russia, it continues to work abroad in various structures, such as Memorial Deutschland e. V. Irina Scherbakova signs the Golden Book of the City of Chemnitz Picture: City of Chemnitz | Walter A. Müller-Wähner Nobel Prize winner Irina Scherbakowa was a guest in Chemnitz: following her entry in the Golden Book, the co-founder of the human rights organisation Memorial read from her latest book at the Hartmannfabrik.