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Düren remembers: Students recreate a marketplace in Minecraft!
80 years after the air raid on Düren, students design the market square in Minecraft and present the results in the city museum.
Düren remembers: Students recreate a marketplace in Minecraft!
In a few days, the 80th anniversary of the devastating air raid on November 16, 1944 will be celebrated in Düren. This is not only an occasion for remembrance, but also for creative engagement with the past. The Rur-Eifel Adult Education Center has launched an exciting project in collaboration with the Düren History Association, the Jülich History Association and the Düren City Museum. Students have recreated the Düren market square from the time before and after the destruction in the popular game world “Minecraft”. This allows young people to explore historical events in a playful way and understand how the air raid shaped the city.
The project, which is supported by federal funding from the German Adult Education Association (DVV), enables participants aged 10 to 13 to place each block individually in order to reconstruct not only the market square, but also the old St. Anne's Church in great detail. The results can be seen in the Düren City Museum from November 16th. Visitors can explore the virtual world during opening hours and find out about the individual buildings and the background to the air raid on virtual information boards. Dr. Helmut Irmen and Guido von Büren also provide important historical and political background to the project.
Virtual experiences for everyone
If you would like to experience the Minecraft world at home, you can download it for free from the Rur-Eifel Adult Education Center website, provided you have a valid Minecraft license. This innovative project combines modern technology with historical knowledge, creating access to a dark chapter in the city's history in an appealing way.
The use of Minecraft also underlines the relevance of digital education in today's world. The use of games and digital media in education not only helps young people learn technological skills but also promotes creative thinking and teamwork.
In an age where simple memories and commemorations are often no longer enough to sensitize younger generations to history, this project shows how important it is to keep historical events alive. Düren is taking a step in the right direction to both counter history and use modern media as tools for education.
Anyone interested should mark November 16th red on their calendar. The Düren market square comes back to life not only in memory but also virtually and brings us closer to its eventful past.