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Ysselsteyn's archive of events
Reburial 17 German military
Transfer of 2740 red
hands to the government to stop the use of child soldiers!
1400 Red hands on the German military cemetery
Tarcicia Voigt became an order of merit
drama production 'a Room on the Cemetery'
Christmasfair
sunday
the 9th of December
2007
June, 16 -
July, 1 2007: The
Peacefactory
Saturday
the 16th of
June 2007 Jubilee
Exchange
project Metzo
college, Doetinchem and Hohe Giethorst, Bocholt
January, 8 -
February, 5
2007:
Exhibition
"Forgiveness and Reconciliation"
Thursday
21 September 2006:Internationale days for peace
Exhibition
'Children for peace' January, 30 - February,
17 2006
Exposition
"Hallo
Nachbar!...Dag buurvrouw!" October, 20 - December, 13 2005
4-Daagse Nijmegen from 18th -
24th of July
2005
Exposition: Child with luggage
from
14th of February till 11th of March 2005
Exposition: Oppression and
liberation from 6th of March - 7th of April
De Geweldig Express from 9th -
13th of March 2003
Reburial 17 German
military
In
the Netherlands felled in battle German military were formerly reburied in
silence on the German war cemetery. On 26th of May 2010, 17 soldiers were
reburied for the first time with a ceremony. More about this ceremony you’ll
find at archive/press.
For pictures click here.
Transfer of 2740 red
hands to the government to stop the use of child soldiers!
From 6. to 15. of January 2010, 537 students of several primary schools
from our region, visited the German military cemetery. They participated in the
interactive exhibition `Childsolders´ and got a guidance tour on the German
military cemetery. On this cemetery 1375 child soldiers are buried, who have
died during the WOII. These child soldiers were indicated with a red hand at
their grave.
After the exhibition, all students stamped a red hand onto a piece of
paper to that show that the usage of child soldiers must stop! 632 hands have
been gathered by these children. We also gathered red hands in Venray on the
13. of July, the 1375 red hands of the child soldiers who are buried on the
German military cemetery in Ysselsteyn and of several groups which have sent us
the collected red hands. This brings it to the number of 2740 hands!
On the 12. of februari 2010, all these hands will be handed over to a Member
of the Dutch Parliament (PvdA) Lia Roefs and a member of the German Paliament (Abgeordneter der Landestages von Nordrhein-Westfalen) sir Norbert Killewald (SPD). The
transfer is accompanied in a theatrical and musical manner by primary school
children.
All over the world several projects/action are organised to collect red
hands. These red hands will be handed over annually on the 12. of February
(international saves hand Day) to the governments of different countries or to
the UN. We all want to move the gourvenements to do something about the
protocol child soldiers and that the fight against the use of child soldiers
gets the highest priority.
We want everyone to continue this action! Organise a red hand action and
collect as many red hands as possible. We gladly will help you further with the
organisation, if you like. You can send us the collected hands, so that we can hand
over even more red hands next year!
Pictures exhabitation Childsoldiers
Pictures transfere Landestag NRW
Pictures Red hand day 12th February 2010
1400 Red hands on the German military cemetery
From 18th December 2009 till 17th January 2010 you’ll see almost 1400 red hands on the German military cemetery in Ysselsteyn. At each grave of a child soldier (a soldier under 18 years old) a red hand is placed.
They have died during the 2nd World War as a child soldier. A few of them have died on their 18th anniversary. At a number of unknown soldiers there is also placed a red hand. There are 166 unknown soldiers, of which we know for certain that they died as child soldiers. For this reason graves of the unknown soldiers have been randomly selected and a red hand has been placed.
The red hands have a symbolic meaning: stop the use of child soldiers!
These 1400 red hands will play an important role at the hand transfer on 12 February 2010.
This project belongs to the exhibition ‘child soldiers’ at the YMC, which will be visited by school classes from the 6th till the 15th of January 2010.
For pictures click here!
Tarcicia Voigt became an Order of Merit
Friday the 12th of june our leader of the YMC Ysselsteyn, Tarcicia Voigt, became the Bundes Verdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) from the German Ambassador in Den Hague. It is the only general state decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany.
drama production 'a Room on the Cemetery'
A replica of Anne Frank's chamber will play an important role in a theatre production that will be produced by De Brink foundation together with the YMC.
more information...
Christmasfair
sunday
the 9th of december 2007
Sunday the 9th of december the YMC was changed in one big
Christmasfair. With stalls where you can buy Christmastrees,
christmascards, etc... you could also look at a photo presentation.
Furthermore there was
an appearance
of the youth fanfare and a child choir, a living Christmas crib. There
was a lot to see and to do for young and old.
For
photographs of this day click here!
June,
16 -
July, 1 2007: The Peacefactory
In
2007
we had 3 jubilees. Because of that the Peacefactory (http://www.vredeseducatie.nl/) was in
Ysselsteyn!
In the peace
factory stands 15
machines with dozens of apparatuss. The visitors produce peace and
freedom. With all kinds of tool they discover that tolerance has
borders, that freedom is bound to rules, that conflicts can be solved
in several manners. The metaphor of the factory involves an active
attitude. The visitors make choices, carry out tasks and review their
opinion. In pairs they fill in a route card. The factory environment is
supported with slightly - and sound impact. In the peace factory the
link is laid between war and peace, between past and present. But
gradually the visitors will found out that the exposition in fact
concerning them itself, concern own standards, attitude and behaviour.
For
photographs of this day click here!
25 years youth in Ysselsteyn
30 years ago the cemetery iwas taken over by the VDK
60 years ago the first soldier was burried in Ysselsteyn
A beautiful day with a lot of visitors and several moments:
- Commemoration on the cemetery. Welcome speach was by Reinhard Fuehrer president Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraeberfuersorge and Dr. thomas Michael Laeufer German ambassador. During this commemoration two German soldiers got their last resting place. At the end of this commemoration all visitors got an eyelet to lay down at a random sepulchre.
- The exposition "the peace factory" was opened by loco-Burgemeester leo Heldens municipality Venray under accompaniment of the child choir, "eigen wijsjes" from Ysselsteyn.
- Lay down the first stone for extension of the YMC.
- Over the whole day there were photographexpositions about youth work. And there was the possibility the become more information of the "volksbund", the new foundation "friends of Ysselsteyn" and the YMC. Of course there was also a occasion for a little snack or drink!
For photographs of this day click here!
Exchange project Metzo college, Doetinchem & Hohe Giethorst, Bocholt
In the end of may there was a exchange project between Dutch an German students at the YMC. The exchange existed among meeting each other, an eyewitness of the 2nd World War, peace rally and at the end a multi-coulered evening!
Pleasure, learning and experience held a prominent place.
These judgements are originating from the Dutch student of the Metzo College, Doetinchem:* Open yourself for somebody else. Then there is a lot in yourself what you can change.
* Let the past rest. (Don’t begin about it to German people)
* Say "STOP" to war.
* Take the people who they are. Love each person. Then you’ll live well.
* Say "no" against war and against discrimination.
* Don’t say "I can’t do it", but say "I will try".
* Don’t say “I” but say "We".
* Help one by one for a better world.
* Differently" can also be nice.
* Become 1 world.
* Ysselsteyn meant al lot for me. Peace and respect with other countries.
* Live from day to day, not in a planning.
* Don’t give German people prejudice.
* First think about the war, befor you say something about it.
For the photograph click here!
January, 8 2007 - February, 5 2007: Exhibition "Forgiveness and Reconciliation"
The exhibition, which was developed by The Forgiveness Project and hired from the Museum voor Vrede en geweldloosheid in Amsterdam, wants to give you by the means of photos and stories a vivid and personal impression of being able to forgive and to reconcile. People who experienced and survived tremendousness because of violence tell us their stories. Inside themselves they feel the need to forgive and to reconcile with each other.
The exhibition is in Dutch.
For photographs of the Exhibition 'Forgiveness and Reconciliation' click here
Thursday 21 September 2006:Internationale days for peace
On this day the students of two German school classes with the students of the primary school Saint Oda Ysselsteyn has launched white balloons for peace. All students wrote a peace wish on a card underneath the balloon.
For photograph of the international day for peace click here. (pictures made by www.ivonnevoigt.nl)
30th of January - 17th of
february
2006: Exhibition 'Children for peace'
Project about stereotypes, bullying and tolerance.
This exhibition teaches children the meaning of expressions like
stereotypes,
discrimination and racism through riddles, cartoons and different kinds
of
tasks.
The exhibition belongs to the "Stichting Jeugd en Vrede" from
20th
of October -
42 drawings show the relation between the
The German Embassy in the
We showed a copy of the original exhibition.
For
photo's
click here
18th -
24th of July 2005:
4-Daagse
For pictures
click here!
14th
February - 11th March 2005: Exhibition "child with
luggage"
This colorful touring exhibition tells about the burden of war, which
children
have to carry on in the course of their life: their luggage. Obviously,
this can
only be memories, but also quite often emotions, which have a profound
impact
on the life of the children; fear, distrust, insecurity and loneliness.
During this exhibition children, who grew up during the 2nd
World
War, get the opportunity to speak up. Being the children of Jews they
had
totally different experiences than children whose parents were in the
NSB (the
Dutch Nazi movement) or who were involved in the resistance.
Experiences made by children during the war leave their marks until
today.
Even nowadays children are affected by war and thus, carry luggage.
The exhibition, alongside with the graphic material, is supposed to
show
children that growing up during any war has specific consequences for
one's
life.
"Children with luggage" is property of the "Museum
for
Resistance
in Southholland".
For
pictures
click here!
6th of March -
Service denier and Deserters in the Third Empire
'Oppression and Liberation' is an exhibition of photo's and
letter-fragments of
service denier and deserters during the time of Hitler's Third Empire.
They
declined war and mostly had to pay for this choice with their lives.
About ten staff members of the
For
pictures
click here!
De
GEWELDIG Express: 9th -
14th of March 2003
The Express bus is 12 meter long and has a unique exposition about
useless
violence, fighting and the biggest treasures of the world. It's not an
exposition
in a traditional way. It's more a sort of game circuit where the
different
themes are used in an exiting way. The 'Express' is made by the Peace
Education
Projects in
By using a map the children will go through the bus and
answer the
questions. They will be motivated to seek for answers and to give their
own
opinion.
The visitors will realize that things that look right don't necessarily
have to
be right. They will learn the difference between a fact and a meaning.
They
will understand what a prejudice is and notice that everybody has them.
What
one person things as normal, the other thinks as strange and the other
way
around. Everybody can check how violent they are and learn how to
solve
conflicts.
The 10th till the 14th of March there were 32 school classes from
municipalities Venray,
The groups started with a guidance over the cemetery. Further they had
to
answer the questions in the Express bus.
For
photo's click here