Quote:
May 8th has to be a public holiday! (…) The attacks in Halle, in Hanau (…) are very painful. We need to remember more, not less. Make different experiences visible. The colonial legacy of the German Reich, as well as the theming of police violence. Within the Black Lifes Matters movement, the post-migrant society, those affected demand not only visibility in the present, but also for the past.
Source:
Speech on Liberation Day, May 8th, 2020, Hamburg.
Author Bio:
Germany, Esther Bejarano, 2020
Context:
Esther Bejarano was a German Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. She played with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and others in the Auschwitz girls' orchestra. Later she became involved in the association of those persecuted by the Nazi regime - the Association of Antifascists.
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Year:
2020