Bavaria flagged up to the service building: commemorating escape and displacement!

Bavaria flagged up to the service building: commemorating escape and displacement!

On Friday, June 20, all state service buildings in Bavaria are solemnly flagged. Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder calls for a sign of commemoration. The occasion is the national "commemoration day for the victims of flight and displacement" and the Bavarian "Home Day". In many communities and counties, this campaign will also join and hoist flags. Public facilities such as bodies and foundations are also invited to follow this call. Reports about the entire initiative tixio.de.

The commemoration day has a special meaning. It is reminiscent of the fates of thousands of people who were driven out of their homeland after the Second World War. The German Memorial Day has been celebrated annually since 2015 on June 20 and falls at the same time as the World Refugee Day, an international day that was launched by the United Nations. On this day one commemorates the relatives affected worldwide and in particular the German displaced persons, as can be read in the [Wikipedia] (https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getenktag_f%C3%BCR_DIE_OPFER_VON_FLUCHT_UND_ DEVIATION)

a look back and forward

Over the past ten years, the situation of refugees in Germany has changed again and again. The global number of refugees rose from 51.9 million to 117.3 million in 2010. Within Germany, there are around 15 million people who had to suffer from flight and displacement, many of them date from World War II. The day of commemoration gives the opportunity not only to think about the past, but also to shed light on the current challenges of migrants. [BUND-DER-FREUBENEN.de] (https://www.bund-der-freiebrieben.de/presse/presse-details/flucht-und-reigek-s--schheit issue) emphasizes that flight and displacement are human issues.

In Berlin, the commemoration day is celebrated with a memorial lesson, which is opened by Lisa Paus, the Federal Minister for Families, Seniors, Women and Youth. Your speech is musically accompanied by scholarship holders of the Kurt-Sanderling Academy of the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin. Personal stories are also told by those affected who illustrate the relationship between past and the present.

memory and obligation

The President of the Federal Association, Dr. Bernd Fabritius, who is reminiscent of the Nemmersdorf massacre and the expulsion of the Germans from the Danube region. Stories of individuals such as Mohammed Rabbie, a Syrian refugee who came to Germany in 2015, also show the current reality of flight and asylum. The commemoration lesson underlines the importance of commemoration and the formation of consciousness in society.

With the flagship of the service buildings on June 20, an important sign is set throughout Bavaria - both for memory of the past and for the support of today's refugees. This commitment shows that the topics of flight and displacement are concerned with all of us, and that we should come together as a community in order to counter these challenges in solidarity.