“I’m in the project ”Erinnern für die Gegenwart”, because I think it’s very interesting, but also very important to talk about the past. This topic is still relevant, because we all can contribute to avoiding something like this from happening again and it stays in close relationship with lots of other themes.”

Mishka Ernst

“I think “Erinnern für  die Gegenwart” is so important in order to, as the name already says, remember what has happened. One can deny history and make it repeat itself or we can learn from it and guarantee that something as gruesome as the National Socialism in Germany and the persecution of Jews never happens again! We have a responsibility towards future generations and only ignorants don’t take this seriously.

Anna Neczewicz

“I participate in this project because I think the past shapes the future and when we forget the good and the bad in it, we lose our way and repeat the same mistakes. I think our school also has something to learn from this project, especially about diversity. ”

Lorenza Davis

“I think it is very important, because a part of our project handles diversity in our school. As one observes the school’s demographic development, it’s clear to see how little diversity there is regarding students and teachers alike. If we want to have an open and diverse school, we must engage in not having such an exclusive community of students.”

Pablo Cottin 

“I participated in the project “Erinnern für die Gegenwart”, because I’m very interested in the topic of anti-Semitism and consequently, the period of National Socialism. Moreover, I think it’s very important that this generation is informed about this topic, because I think the majority doesn’t really know what happened. Hence I think this is an important project, because it is directed at this generation to sensibilize it.”

Christina Neczewicz

“As a Jew I consider it as very important to help the cause so that what happened never repeats itself. I liked the idea of the project and what it promotes, it is a very good initiative and it is necessary to be able to learn from them past, thus avoiding the repetition of a genocide.”

Michelle Montfort

“I think it is important to remember, because remembrance lets us reflect and relive. I think diversity is important, as it broadens our perspective and we learn to accept and integrate. ”

Sophie Raimondo

“I participate in this project, because I think it is very important to remember the past and to not make the same mistakes again. It’s important to show people that the past is part of our lives and that it shapes our future.”

Afra Aldemir

“I think that we can learn a lot from past events. There were so many gruesome things, but also very beautiful ones. If we observe our failures but also our victories we can shape our present.”

Regina Rebollar

“It is a very important topic for me, because I think one should never forget the past. Even when one sometimes wants to.”

Sara Aldemir

I’m interested in Germany’s past because my father is German, my grandfather fought in WW2 and we didn’t learn a lot of it in school. I think it’d be good to inform people about this theme,, because for example, at our school, it has been done very little about the topic of diversity.” 

Sean Tuerk

“I was in this project because it was different than any others and I think it is a very interesting and important theme; seeing the school carrying it out seemed to me as they were sending  a message of responsibility and an impulse to raise awareness of the past.”

Fernanda Rebollar

To see how messed up our school as an institution was (and still probably is) to then change and correct it.

Diego Cottin

“I’m in the project “Erinnern für die Gegenwart”, because I have the feeling that diversity is a topic that is talked about a lot, but a lot of people don’t really understand. Besides, I want to grow as a person, so that’s why I participate. Moreover, because of my religion I felt a huge responsibility,, because it is very necessary to have a culture of remembering for there to be no discrimination.”

Ximena Sierra

“I consider very important to retake these themes, because they are part of our history as humans and it is important to learn from the mistakes of the past, so as not to make them again.”

Ximena Durán