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Memorial event for Remembrance Day: Together for peace in Senftenberg
On Remembrance Day, November 16, 2025, the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in Senftenberg remembers the history of war and peace.
Memorial event for Remembrance Day: Together for peace in Senftenberg
On Sunday, November 16, 2025, a moving commemoration of Remembrance Day will take place in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. The event begins at 11:00 a.m. in the Protestant Peter and Paul Church in Senftenberg. On this day, participants remember not only the fallen soldiers, but all victims of war, violence and displacement. Remembrance Day commemorates the approximately 60 million lives claimed by the Second World War and the destruction it left behind. This is particularly significant as 2025 also marks the 80th anniversary of the end of this devastating war. osl-online.de reports that there will be numerous representatives from the district administration, the district council, the city of Senftenberg and citizens in the parish.
“Remembrance Day is a day of hope and warning,” says Helga Student, the district representative of the German War Graves Commission. V. She will speak together with District Administrator Siegurd Heinze, Mayor Andreas Pfeiffer and Pastor Sebastian Schlauraff-Schäller. The musical accompaniment will be provided by the music school of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, which will provide festive tones.
A festival of remembrance and peace
After the memorial service, a wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the memorial to the fallen next to the Wendish Church. This ceremony, accompanied by a drum roll and a Bundeswehr guard of honor, will round off the festive setting. There is also the possibility of making donations to the Evangelical Church and the German War Graves Commission. V. benefit.
Remembrance Day was first established on March 5, 1922. It was created at the suggestion of the German War Graves Commission, founded in 1919, as a day of remembrance for those who fell in the First World War. Today the day is celebrated two Sundays before the first Advent in November. The Bundestag is the location of the central memorial hour, while local events are organized in many regions. volksbund.de explains that Remembrance Day is part of a broader tradition of remembrance that also focuses on the civilian victims of the war.
History of Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day symbolizes not only mourning, but also the desire for a better future. The first official ceremony took place in the German Reichstag in Berlin, where Paul Löbe, the then President of the Reichstag, gave an important speech about reconciliation and understanding. Over time, Remembrance Day took on different facets, was sometimes instrumentalized and underwent changes. From 1933 it became a national holiday and was heavily influenced by nationalist symbols. After the Second World War, Remembrance Day took on new meaning and ultimately became a day of remembrance for all victims of violence and war. ndr.de points out that the current orientation of Remembrance Day is essentially based on the desire to set an example for peace and responsibility.