Peace Academy RLP and Protestant Academy of the Palatinate present impulse paper on dealing with the relics of the Westwall
The ruins of the 'Westwall' are the largest material legacy of the Nazi era in Germany in terms of area. The Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate - Academy for Crisis Prevention & Civil Conflict Transformation at the University of Koblenz-Landau and the Protestant Academy of the Palatinate have been working on the Westwall in a two-year project. They organized discourse events, brought political and civil society actors into conversation with each other and developed suggestions for dealing with the Nazi relic.
The results of the project were published on November 30, 2020 in the akademie_skizzen series. On the occasion of the digital presentation, the Managing Director of the Peace Academy Charlotte Dany, the Director of the Protestant Academy Christoph Picker and project employee Jana Hornberger discussed the project with the Director of the State Center for Environmental Education RLP Roland Horne, the Chairman of the Foundation's Board of Trustees Ralph Erbar, the Director of the State Center for Political Education Bernhard Kukatzki and the President of the German Museums Association Eckart Köhne.
"The discussion showed us ways in which we can make people in Rhineland-Palatinate more aware of the Siegfried Line so that it can become a place of learning about peace. This is important for future-oriented political education work," said Charlotte Dany, Managing Director of the Peace Academy. Academy Director Christoph Picker considers the coordinated, conceptually well thought-out handling of the West Wall complex, which does justice to the various dimensions of the building, to be a challenging and worthwhile task: "We still have a long way to go." The remembrance of perpetrators and victims, guilt and forgiveness, militarism and responsibility for peace also has a religious dimension.
The publication entitled 'Memorial to the former Siegfried Line - Shared responsibility for a border area' is available online. Print copies can be ordered from the Evangelical Academy of the Palatinate at a price of 9.90 euros plus postage at info[at]eapfalz.de.
Contact:
Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate
Dr. Charlotte Dany
E-Mail: dany[at]uni-landau.de
Press Office Campus Landau
Kerstin Theilmann
Tel.: 06341 280-32219
E-Mail: kerstin.theilmann[at]uni-landau.de
Peace Academy RLP and Protestant Academy of the Palatinate present impulse paper on dealing with the relics of the Westwall
The ruins of the 'Westwall' are the largest material legacy of the Nazi era in Germany in terms of area. The Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate - Academy for Crisis Prevention & Civil Conflict Transformation at the University of Koblenz-Landau and the Protestant Academy of the Palatinate have been working on the Westwall in a two-year project. They organized discourse events, brought political and civil society actors into conversation with each other and developed suggestions for dealing with the Nazi relic.
The results of the project were published on November 30, 2020 in the akademie_skizzen series. On the occasion of the digital presentation, the Managing Director of the Peace Academy Charlotte Dany, the Director of the Protestant Academy Christoph Picker and project employee Jana Hornberger discussed the project with the Director of the State Center for Environmental Education RLP Roland Horne, the Chairman of the Foundation's Board of Trustees Ralph Erbar, the Director of the State Center for Political Education Bernhard Kukatzki and the President of the German Museums Association Eckart Köhne.
"The discussion showed us ways in which we can make people in Rhineland-Palatinate more aware of the Siegfried Line so that it can become a place of learning about peace. This is important for future-oriented political education work," said Charlotte Dany, Managing Director of the Peace Academy. Academy Director Christoph Picker considers the coordinated, conceptually well thought-out handling of the West Wall complex, which does justice to the various dimensions of the building, to be a challenging and worthwhile task: "We still have a long way to go." The remembrance of perpetrators and victims, guilt and forgiveness, militarism and responsibility for peace also has a religious dimension.
The publication entitled 'Memorial to the former Siegfried Line - Shared responsibility for a border area' is available online. Print copies can be ordered from the Evangelical Academy of the Palatinate at a price of 9.90 euros plus postage at info[at]eapfalz.de.
Contact:
Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate
Dr. Charlotte Dany
E-Mail: dany[at]uni-landau.de
Press Office Campus Landau
Kerstin Theilmann
Tel.: 06341 280-32219
E-Mail: kerstin.theilmann[at]uni-landau.de