The House of World Cultures
Programme
April 30th 2008
4 p.m. Opening Service
8 p.m. Start and Yom HaShoa remembrance event
at The House of World Cultures
May 1st 2008
9.30 a.m. "Meeting of the Generations"
Meeting of former volunteers, summer camp participants, supporters
partners and friends.
Together we want to look back at the 50 year (hi)story of Action Reconciliation in both West and East Germany and develop perspectives. Three parallel themed forums (1. volunteers and projects - 2. the state and the church- 3. war and peace) will bring us closer to the debatesand developments of our work in East and West through various events with musical, spoken, pictoral and written contributions.
Survivors of the Nazi persecution and eyewitnesses from our project countries shall be available for discussion.
May 2nd 2008
10.30 a.m. Ceremony for the 50th anniversary of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace
with adresses from:
- Federal President Horst Köhler
- the Chairman of the Evangelical Church in Germany Council, Bishop Wolfgang Huber
- the chairman of the German Bishops Conference, Archbishop Dr. Robert Zollitsch (asked)
- the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Charlotte Knobloch
- survivor of the Nazi regime and ARSP project partner from Prague, Michaela Vidláková
and a discussion group with volunteers from five decades
moderated by Thomas Roth, director of the ARD TV studio in Moscow
2 p.m. The future of ASF - spheres of development
Forums, discussions, workshops
The initiatives that arise out of the "Meeting of the Generations" on this afternoon should deepen itself and further thoughts. Ideas and visions for the future of ASF should be raised in an open forum, as well as being further developed.
May 3rd 2008
9.30 a.m. International conference
"Remembrance as reason and obstacle for the European Project"
Forums, discussions, workshops
Even before the war in the former Yugoslavia we experienced the potential for conflict in antagonistic memories. The debates about expulsions, the question about the meaning of the uniqueness of the Shoa in relation to the Stalinistic acts of violence or the competing memories of minorities in multi-cultural societies - all of these questions are in existence across Europe, just like the project spectrum of ARSP.
Accordingly we want to elaborate on the perspectives of European policies of remembrance, together with the slants taken by our different partner countries that can and must be productive for a Europe that is growing together.
8 p.m. To the next 50 years
- the big ASF birthday party
May 4th 2008
Closing Service in various parishes in Berlin
Please register by 31st January 2008!
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