{"id":1775,"date":"2021-01-27T15:51:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T14:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2021-03-06T14:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T13:48:40","slug":"internationaler-holocaustgedenktag-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juden-in-fulda.org\/en\/tacheles\/internationaler-holocaustgedenktag-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are a student group consisting of 8 – 10 students under the guidance of Anja Listmann. We are all studying at the Winfriedschule in Fulda and study the Jewish history in Fulda. We are working on various projects and campaigns primarily to keep the memory of the victims of the Holocaust alive. In particular we have focused on the deportees from Fulda after 1938.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Our contribution to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day is related to this topic. In the course of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we too want to make a contribution to preserving memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of us will briefly introduce ourselves and explain our motivation for participating in this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Hello, my name is David and I am in class 10 at the Winfriedschule in Fulda. I joined this project because I am very interested in the history of the Second World War and therefore want to learn more and not just hear what is being told in class. I’m also interested in individual people, because you only ever hear huge numbers but have no relation to them. I really hope that more people will remember this time as it is a very important time and must not be forgotten. That’s why we try to do things together with our group to keep the memory alive, even if it’s just little things. The commemoration is very important, because under no circumstances should it ever come to the point where something like the Second World War happens again. It is also important to keep thinking about the families who have lost their children, uncles, parents or other members of the family, so that the descendants see that their families have not been forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leni<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My name is Leni and I am a 15-year-old female student, who is currently part of the project \u201cJews in Fulda\u201d. Major reasons for me joining said project were my already existing interest in Jewish history and the time of the Third Reich. Other than that, I\u2019d say our current political climate definitely contributed to this decision as well. Right-wing parties and far-right movements are steadily gaining power and with this, as well as conspiracy theories like QAnon, it\u2019s clear that Anti-Semitism is on the rise again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hope of mine for the future would be an improvement in commemorating the victims of the Shoah by reaching as many people as we can through establishing a deeper bond with more locally oriented projects like this one. Personally, I find the remembrance of these events and commemoration extremely important since, sadly, history tends to repeat itself. Therefore, I believe, we should all continue to remember the lost lives and let them live on in our memory. Their lives shouldn\u2019t have been taken so brutally for nothing. I thus hope they can be a reminder for our humanity and empathy in the future and present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Due to the current lockdown in Germany, <\/strong>we unfortunately couldn\u2019t proceed with our planned project for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Said project consisted of holding presentations concerning the deported Jews of Fulda in the classes of our school and then encouraging the pupils to create remembrance stones. Following this, said stones would\u2019ve been placed on our school yard in the shape of the star of David with a small memorial ceremony held afterwards. Substitutionally we have now written this article.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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