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News and press releases from ASF
A peaceful country that poses no threat must not be suppressed and destroyed by sheer force. The people of Ukraine want to live in peace and freedom.
ASF statement on the 2nd anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
ASF statement on the terrorist attacks on Israel, anti-Semitic agitation against Jewish life in Germany and concrete solidarity.
USA, We Remember
Traces of Remembrance – 25 years after voltunteer service in the US
A volunteer service with ASF sometimes has an impact that lasts far longer than just one year, as the story of Jan Schultheiss and the Becker family shows: 25 years after they met and became friends during Jan’s volunteer year in the USA, there are now stumbling blocks for Dorothea, Wilhelm and Marian Becker: At their former home from …
Against right extremism
Go vote! – For democracy and human dignity
2024 is a super election year. There will be European, state and local elections: Right-wing extremists are at risk of gaining votes at all these levels. ASF and the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Kirche und Rechtsextremismus are therefore calling on people to go out and vote: to tackle our future instead of fleeing into a false past.
Regional groups - Activities
Conversation with a contemporary witness – Rozette Kats
At the beginning of June, the Münster regional group organised a discussion with Rozette Kats, who survived the Shoah as a Jewish child.
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Gerhard Richter BIRKENAU
In 1944, prisoners secretly photographed the killings in Auschwitz. Gerhard Richter used these photographs in his “Birkenau” series. The pictures will be on permanent display in an exhibition pavilion on the grounds of the International Youth Meeting Centre in Oświęcim.
Against right extremism, Demonstration
Alliance #HandInHand: together against the extreme right!
ASF supports the current demonstrations and is participating in the Hand in Hand alliance: against right-wing extremist incitement and violence, for an open and diverse democracy in a united Europe.
Commemoration in Auschwitz
“When I was in Birkenau, I thought about my grandma. I was sad and angry.”
“When I was in Birkenau, I thought about my grandma, I imagined her there. I was sad and angry. If we deny ourselves today, we are proving the Nazis right. Then we are betraying our grandparents who survived Auschwitz.” This is how one Sintezza describes her feelings and thoughts during a memorial trip to the Auschwitz memorial in …
ASF-History
Lothar Kreyssig – a visionary realist
Lothar Kreyssig was born 125 years ago today. Initially a staunch national conservative, he developed into a staunch opponent of National Socialism, Righteous Among the Nations and co-founder of Aktion Sühnezeichen and other initiatives such as Brot für die Welt and MISEREOR. For Joachim Garstecki, he was a “visionary realist”.
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“Our work, our environment and society as a whole have changed since February 24, 2022 and continue to change” – we heard this from all the interlocutors we met in Odesa from April 6 to 9. With our visit we wanted to express our solidarity and support and get an idea of the situation on site by listening to the people.
Summer Camps
Two weeks dedicated in summer – all over Europe
This summer, too, international groups across Europe volunteered – #mitASF : They maintained Jewish cemeteries in Poland, Hungary or Lithuania or they uncovered the foundations of a destroyed synagogue in Višķi, Latvia.
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