Remembrance day for the victims of flight and displacement

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The day of remembrance for the victims of flight and expulsion is in Germany on June 20 at the same time each year from the year 2015 with the World Refugee Day taking place Memorial Day . On the day, the "worldwide victims of flight and displacement, and especially of the German displaced persons " will be commemorated.

history

The day of remembrance was introduced by resolution of the federal government on August 27, 2014. On February 10, 2011, the CDU / CSU / FDP coalition "after a partially emotional debate" in the Bundestag declared that August 5 would be a day of remembrance, because on that date in 1950 the Charter of German Expellees was signed. The introduction of the day of remembrance was criticized by the deputy chairman of the left-wing parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Jan Korte , because it devalued the Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 and the German guilt and responsibility for the one-time National Socialist war of annihilation was relativized by emphasizing the German victims. Since 2014, the Hessian and Bavarian Remembrance Day for the victims of flight, displacement and deportation as well as the Saxon Remembrance Day for the victims of flight, displacement and forced resettlement have been celebrated on the second Sunday in September .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ June 20 is a day of remembrance for victims of flight and displacement. In: bmi.bund.de. August 27, 2014, accessed January 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Announcement on the Federal Government's resolution to introduce an annual day of remembrance for the victims of flight and displacement from October 6, 2014 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1599 )
  3. ↑ Katharina Schuler: Coalition agreement: SPD gives in on Remembrance Day for displaced persons. In: Zeit Online. December 3, 2013, accessed September 30, 2014 .
  4. ↑ http://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2011/33306693_kw06_de_vertriebe/204552
  5. ↑ http://www.mz-web.de/politik/linksfraktionsvize-jan-korte-kritik-an-einfuehrung-des-vertrieben-gedenkages,20642162,28243894.html
  6. ↑ http://www.jankorte.de/de/article/3197478.kritik-an-einführung-des-vertrieben-gedenkages.html