Students collect over 2,100 euros for war cemeteries!

Students collect over 2,100 euros for war cemeteries!

Six committed seventh graders from Lüchow collected over 2,100 euros for the German War Graves Commission with an impressive fundraising campaign. This wonderful news was from Lüchow-Dannenberg published. The students come from the Lüchow high school, the Jeetzel-Oberschule Lüchow and the Elbauerschule Gartow and were recognized for their outstanding achievements by the VDK district chairwoman Dagmar Schulz.

The donations collected serve the important cause of preserving war cemeteries and supporting the educational and peace work of the Volksbund. In her speech, Dagmar Schulz emphasized the crucial role of remembering the victims of war and violence. “It is important that we also reach the younger generations,” she emphasized.

Student and teacher engagement

The VDK education officer Karl-Friedrich Boese expressed his thanks to the young people and their teachers who supported them in this collection campaign. Before the collection began, Boese informed the students about the important work of the Volksbund and the importance of the war cemetery sites. Paul Hartmann, a student at Lüchow High School, explained that the fundraising campaign was dedicated to the victims of the war. His classmate Ninar Cheikho was particularly motivated by personal experiences from a war zone.

The collection was organized by Andreas Christiansen, chairman of the VDK district association. He was able to count on the active support of the teachers, who helped the students with the implementation and encouraged them to actively engage in this important issue.

Educational work of the Volksbund

The Lower Saxony regional association of the Volksbund relies heavily on school work and would like to establish war cemeteries not only as resting places, but also as historical and political learning sites. Visits to such sites are recommended as part of the educational offering and four education officers are available to support schools with materials and project ideas. These formats are intended to promote students' historical awareness and sensitivity to war and its effects Lower Saxony People's Association described.

War cemeteries are often the last visible witnesses of past conflicts. Therefore, educating people about their significance and dealing with these sites is more than just a school obligation - it is a social responsibility. The handout “How does the war cemetery become a place of learning?” of the Volksbund presents various educational formats to use these places as learning centers for schools.

A European perspective

The Volksbund German War Graves Commission e. V., founded in 1919, sees itself as having a responsibility to keep the memory of the victims of many wars alive. With over 830 war cemeteries in 46 countries, the organization does important work in the care of graves and in international youth work, reaching more than 38,000 young people every year bpb.de is to be read. The Volksbund would like to further establish these sites as places of learning for historical and political education and regularly offers project offerings for schools.

In this way, the students from Lüchow not only make a concrete financial contribution, but at the same time they are part of a larger picture that links the memory of the past with the education of the future. The annual youth encounters promote the exchange and cooperation of young people across national borders and strengthen understanding of the history of Europe.