Students from Hameln awaken stumbling blocks with a new website to life

Students from Hameln awaken stumbling blocks with a new website to life

Hameln. In a moving campaign, four students from the Hamelner Schiller-Gymnasium cleaned the stumbling blocks in their city remember. Gunter Demnig, the creator of these small but impressive memorial stones, once said: "A person has only been forgotten when his name is forgotten". These memorials are reminiscent of the fates of many Jewish and other victim groups who lived in the city before they were persecuted and murdered.

not only wanted to clean the students, but also make history tangible. Driven by the passion for programming, they developed a website that comprehensively portrays the stories of the victims. Taron Dahn, one of the committed students, emphasizes: "Some, especially young people, do not even know that there are stumbling blocks" and emphasizes how important it is to anchor these artistic memories in the awareness of society.

Website is reminiscent of fates

During their cleaning campaign, the students received a lot of positive feedback from passers-by who were enthusiastic about their important mission. "The current political and social situation in particular quickly convinced us to start a project of this kind," explains Dahn. Your mission? Set a strong sign against anti -Semitism and any form of discrimination. Furthermore, photos of stumbling blocks are presented on your website before and after the campaign, as well as a map that marks the locations of the memorial stones.

Further actions are possible

Although the project is now officially complete, the students agree that this is only the beginning. You plan to further expand your website and start future projects to preserve memory awareness. Her ambitious Initiative impressively shows how young people actively fight for forgetting and can stand up for an inclusive society.