Three new volunteers at the memorial

We asked them to introduce themselves:

Margalit:
Hello,
I’m Margalit one of the new volunteers from Action Reconciliation Service for Peace. I will be working at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial for a year. I am 22 years old and am from the U.S. I was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. I have recently finished my Bachelor’s degree at Colorado College with a major in History and Philosophy. The public relations office has already welcomed me and I look forward to working with them on media production. Additionally in this position I’m ready to learn more about memory culture and public education.

Jette:
Moin, my name is Jette.
I’m 19 years old, from Hamburg and am now starting my “Voluntary Social Year for Culture, FSJ” in the Gedenkstätte Neuengamme. I’m very excited to meet new people, learn new things and incidentally work in a place that gets more and more important within the current political climate. Therefore, I’m using this year before I attend university to have new experiences in a place that’s teeming with history. I am overall very interested in the history of humankind and hope that during my time here I can try to learn for myself and with others how to learn from our past mistakes.

Emma:
Hi! My name is Emma. I’m from the Hague in the Netherlands and therefore feel at home here with the wind and weather. I am doing my volunteer term with Action Reconciliation Service for Peace. I hope that at the memorial my language skills in German, Dutch and English and my interest in educational work will be helpful. Until now I have been engaged in music and theater. Since I am half German, I would like to use this year to confront a difficult part of German history and therefore my identity and heritage.