Berlin

Do. 02.02.2012, 19:00 bis 20:30

Podiumsdiskussion

How we shape our past

The German example

Representation of the European Commission
Unter den Linden 78
10117 Berlin
Berlin Brandenburg

Beschreibung:

What is specific about the German way of rememberance?

Can there be too much remembrance? How does the way we remember affect the present and the future?

Participants:

• Marina Grasse (Peace activist in East Germany, Chairman of OWEN Mobile Akademie für Geschlechterdemokratie und Friedensförderung e.V.)

• Günter Nooke (Oppositional activist in East Germany, former Member of the German Federal Parliament, Angela Merkel‘s Africa Representative)

• Cornelia Schmalz-Jakobsen (Former Member of the German Federal Parliament, Vice Chairperson of „Gegen das Vergessen, für Demokratie e.V.“)

Moderator:

• Frank Burgdörfer, Citizens of Europe e.V.

This panel debate is the opening event for a seminar with participants from different European countries. During the following days we will visit historic sights in Berlin such as the Topographie des Terrors and Gedenkstädte Hohenschönhausen. Comparable events in Budapest, Vilnius, Prague and Weimar will follow thoughout the next eight months.

We realise this event with the kind support of the EU‘s Europe for Citizens Programme.

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