"Happiness is to accept responsibility."
Joachim Gauck speaks to students Brunswick
Wednesday 15 September, 16 clock: The Braunschweig Volkswagen Halle is up to the last seat sold out. Hundreds of students and teachers of the Brunswick schools are eagerly waiting for their main character of this afternoon:
Joachim Gauck - committed system opponents during the peaceful revolution in East Germany, the first Federal Commissioner for Stasi documents; outstanding protagonist in the process of reunification, the most recent candidate for the Office of the President. In short, a key figure in the recent German history. First, the traditional
prefaces: the sponsors, Mayor Gert Hoffmann. They act on the young people boring and inconsequential. After 30 minutes, lit a huge cheering the hall. Gauck takes the stage.
Contrary to the expectations of most of the afternoon would amount to a lengthy history department, amused and aroused Mr. Gauck the audience to talk to his charismatic persona. By means of the fictitious young characters Marie and Paul tries to get his as well as the general history of the former GDR too close, especially the students. What he succeeds! The then-party dictatorship under the SED, that the entire population in all its Of life seems suppressed in those few minutes than to be alive and present in the history lessons before. Big eyes, spellbound eyes and grinning, or even slightly open mouths reflect the quiet enthusiasm of the audience. What
took with us?
Gauck says, happiness is not material, but rather defined by the chance to take responsibility - be it to participate in political elections, it is generally to identify shortcomings in our current system and to combat them.
True words, which are even days after the 15th September for thought (to be).
Kathy Heuer, Jg.12 ; Photo: © newsclick.de
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