Home child from the GDR is looking for his father: a moving fate!

Home child from the GDR is looking for his father: a moving fate!

Wittenberge, Deutschland - On July 10, 2025 there will be excitement in the Prignitz! The 24th Elbland Festival, which will take place in Wittenberge on July 11th and 12th, are just around the corner. Under the motto "Festival of Lights of Dreams", a versatile program is offered in which the Italian singers of Appassionante will inspire visitors with their sounds of opera and pop music. Tickets are available from 39 euros, both in advance and at the box office. If you don't want to miss this Highlight, you should strike quickly!

Another interesting aspect of the region is to improve the mobile network. As Deutsche Telekom reports, a new antenna location was put into operation in Lanz. This enables almost 100 percent household coverage in Prignitz, which is particularly important in times of rising bandwidth demand. In the next three years, 16 other antenna locations are already being planned, which are to be upgraded with LTE and 5G to meet the requirements.

a look into the past

An important topic that the region concerns is the processing of the past of home children in the GDR. Karl-Heinz Brüdigam, who grew up in a GDR children's home and later worked as a home manager, strives for contact with his half-brother to learn more about his disappeared father. There were various types of children's homes in the GDR, which were often characterized by strict, regulating educational methods. Many children lived there because their parents were imprisoned, for example due to "state agitation" or attempted republic flight. The living conditions were often cold and hard, with a clear focus on the collective instead of the individual needs of the children.

The topic also receives special attention through the experiences of contemporary witnesses such as Kerstin Guefroy, who in her autobiographical work "The Hell of Torgau" documents the frightening circumstances in the former homes. She tells of her experiences in child psychiatric clinics and youth workshops that were anything but a place of protection. Her book and the works published by Ralf Marten give an important insight into the strict conditions, from which many children had to suffer and some of which shaped their lives.

Current developments in Prignitz

in Perleberg also run filming for an image video in which the pearl princess Eva Wickel presents the city. The film is intended to illustrate how Perleberg has changed through urban development by comparing old photos with current recordings. This combination of nostalgia and modern advances make the city particularly attractive.

Meanwhile, the state parliament member and representative of the hunting association discuss the Sikahir population near Neustadt. The hunting authority has requested that all the escaped Sikas be killed to avoid damage to forest and agriculture. A possible classification as an invasive way could have far -reaching consequences that could work beyond the region.

The Prignitz is therefore not only a place with charming festivals and a growing infrastructure, but also a region that deals intensively with its history and reacts to new challenges in the present.