The German press on the program “Learning about the future from the past”
For educational program “Learning about the future from the past” writes the tageszeitung.
“About thirty are participating in the program this year students of the 3rd Gymnasium and 1st Lyceum of the Georg-von-Giesche-Schule in Berlin, […] in the context of which they will deal with the Holocaust not only in Germany, but also in Greece – an aspect that is virtually not addressed at all in their school curriculum.
[…] Last January, the children also participated in a student exchange with a Greek-German class from Athens. During their stay in Greece, they visited together the few museums and monuments that exist in the country for the period of occupation.
Because even in Greece, what the Nazis did is not examined in depth either in the public discourse or in the classroom. “It seems incredible to me that World War II is only superficially mentioned in Greek schools, we spend almost an entire year on this topic,” says 15-year-old student Pedro Speker,” according to Deutsche Welle’s summary.
This week the class from Athens is in turn in Berlin, where they are going to visit important monuments about the Nazi era and the Holocaust.
With the goal of raising awareness and educating students about World War II, the Holocaust, and the Nazis, many are questioning whether such programs should be made mandatory.
“Pedro believes that “this would definitely not be beneficial”. Because, if these programs were made mandatory, the students might no longer deal with these issues ‘warmly’. It is certain, however, that if this program were repeated at some point , Pedro and his classmates would watch it at any cost.”
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