Homeland Day
The Homeland Day is a day of remembrance , of the Federal Republic of Germany is celebrated annually. It goes back to the rally in front of the Stuttgart Castle on August 6, 1950, at which the charter of German expellees was announced. The proclamation of the charter took place deliberately close to the fifth anniversary of the Potsdam Agreement of August 2, 1945. The resolution to hold Homeland Day annually was taken in Göttingen in November 1949 ; it goes back to an initiative of Paul Wagner , the former mayor of Neidenburg in East Prussia .
Since then, a central kick-off event organized by the Association of Displaced Persons (BdV) on “Home Day” has usually taken place in Berlin on the first Sunday in September . In the following weeks, numerous decentralized events of the regional associations of the Federation of Expellees on the subject of displacement take place.
Official character
Homeland Day has an official character in the Federal Republic of Germany. At the central rallies, high-ranking representatives from the state and government speak regularly, in several federal states - including Berlin, Brandenburg , North Rhine-Westphalia , Bavaria , Hamburg and Hesse - the public buildings are flagged on Home Day .
Mottos (selection)
- 1975: Even after 30 years: Home - Freedom - Human Rights
- 1977: Human rights for Germans too
- 1978: Free Germany. Free Europe
- 1979: Against the wall of silence - all of Germany committed
- 1980: Politics for all of Germany
- 1981: Germany - legacy and mission
- 1982: 10 years of the Eastern Treaty . The German question remains open!
- 1983: unity. Freedom. Peace.
- 1984: home, fatherland, Europe.
- 2007: Home is a human right
- 2013: Our Cultural Heritage - Wealth and Mission
- 2014: Germany cannot go without us!
- 2015: Expulsions are wrong - yesterday and today
- 2016: Protecting Identity - Respecting Human Rights
- 2017: 60 years of commitment to human rights, home and understanding
- 2018: Eliminate injustice decrees - bring Europe together
- 2019: Human Rights and Understanding - For Peace in Europe
Greetings from the Popes
For the days of the homeland in 2003 and 2006, Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI sent Greetings in which they paid tribute to the non-violence of the German expellees and their commitment to international understanding .
Homeland Day 2007
In 2007 the motto of the Day of the Homeland was “ Home is a human right ”. The most prominent speaker at the opening rally in Berlin was Chancellor Angela Merkel .
Web links
- Documentation of bygone days of home . In: Homepage of the BdV - Federation of Expellees
Individual evidence
- ↑ Displaced persons apologize to Herzog , article of September 10, 1996 on Welt Online
- ↑ a b c d e f g Key words for the day of the homeland. Federation of Expellees, United Landsmannschaften, Landesverband Bayern e. V., accessed on August 15, 2020 .
- ↑ BdV calls for more empathy for refugees. In: Tagesschau.de. August 30, 2015, archived from the original on August 31, 2015 ; accessed on February 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Homeland Day 2017
- ↑ Homeland Day 2018
- ↑ cf. Press (pars pro toto): Bonn district association gathered for the day of the homeland. In: Bonner General-Anzeiger . September 6, 2007, accessed August 29, 2014 .
- ^ Message ( memento of October 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) of the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs