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Combat-ready instead of peace-capable? – When the warning from history falls silentA memorial, a renamed street, and a commemoration that conceals more than it remembers. While politicians call for rearmament, a former Rehmsdorf resident raises uncomfortable questions. On May 8, 2025, a commemoration was held in Rehmsdorf marking the 80th anniversary of liberation from Hitler’s fascism. The event was organized by the administration of the memorial site of the “Wille” satellite camp of Buchenwald concentration camp, in cooperation with the mayors of the Elsteraue municipal association and the municipality of Rehmsdorf. In total, more than a dozen people attended this commemorative event. The head of the memorial site primarily emphasized the role of the U.S. Army in the liberation from Hitler’s fascism – which is accurate for our region and large parts of Germany, as our area was liberated by the U.S. Army in April 1945. In Tröglitz and Gleina, at the end of World War II, there were prisoner-of-war camps located in the so-called eastern camp, in an inn in Gleina, and at a stallion breeding station. British and American prisoners of war were also held in Gleina. At the commemoration, an excerpt was read from the biography of a former U.S. soldier who was imprisoned in Gleina and, like the concentration camp inmates, had to work at BRABAG. In contrast, little attention was given to the role of the Red Army and the major contribution of the then-Soviet Union to the liberation of Europe from Hitler’s fascism. I also missed any contemporary reference to the current calls by German politicians to make our homeland “combat-ready” again. Such calls were made once before in German history – at the beginning of World War II by the National Socialists. I noticed that the name of the street sign leading directly to the former barracks camp of the Rehmsdorf satellite concentration camp has been changed. Instead of: “Street of the Victims of Fascism” the new street sign now reads: “Street of the Victims” I find that very strange. What is that supposed to mean? Does this imply that the existence of victims of fascism is now being denied – at least in Rehmsdorf??? As a former Rehmsdorf citizen, I would be very interested in a statement from the municipal administration. The work of Mr. Lothar Czosek, founder of the Rehmsdorf concentration camp memorial site, influenced me already in the 1960s. As a teacher, he conveyed to us the historically significant events of 1944 and 1945 in Rehmsdorf – and even back then, he inspired many of us to strive for peace. This history must never be repeated! Author: AI Translation - Arnd Eiert | 18.05.2025 |
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