24 October 2008DGIV/EDU/MEM (2008) OJ 2 Revised
“Teaching remembrance: for a Europe of freedom and rule of law”
4th Seminar of European Ministers of Education[1]
Nuremberg and Dachau, Germany, 5-7 November 2008
Draft programme
Draft programme
4th Seminar of European Ministers of Education
“Teaching remembrance: for a Europe of freedom and rule of law”
Nuremberg and Dachau, Germany, 5-7 November 2008
Wednesday 5 November 2008
Hotel Holiday Inn Nürnberg City Centre
Arrival of delegations in Nuremberg
4 pm - 6.30 pmRegistration of delegations at Hotel Holiday Inn Nürnberg City Centre
7 pmDeparture by bus from Hotel Holiday Inn Nürnberg City Centre to Tucherschloss
7.30 pm Dinner offered by the City of Nuremberg
Welcome addresses by
- Dr Ulrich Maly, Oberbürgermeister of City of Nuremberg
- Staatsminister Günter Gloser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Germany
Thursday 6 November 2008 - Morning
8 am - 8.30 amRegistration of delegations at Hotel Holiday Inn Nürnberg City Centre
8.30 amParticipants meet in front of Hotel to join the bus
8.45 am (punctually)Departure by bus
Nuremberg – Documentation Centre of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds
(Reichsparteitagsgelände)
9 amOfficial opening of the Seminar
-Right Honourable Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (Video message)
-Minister President of the Free State of Bavaria
(to be confirmed)
-Chair:Ms Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister, President of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany
-Mr Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Ambassador, Permanent representative of San Marino, Representative of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
-Introduction to the Seminar by Mr Gabriele Mazza, Director of Education and Languages of the Council of Europe
- “Why are we meeting here?”
Presentation of the premises by Mr Hans-Christian Täubrich, Director of the Documentation Centre
10 am – 10.20 amBreak
[Press Conference]
10.20 am – 12.15 am“The terror begins”
10.20 am -11. 15 amGuided tour of the exhibition in the Documentation Centre
11.15 amBreak and distribution of Lunch packages
11.30 am (puntually)Departure of the buses to the guided tour of the Reichparteitagsgelände
12.15 amEnd of the guided tour at the “Zeppelinstribüne”
12.15 pm Direct departure by bus to Dachau (Lunch in the buses)
Thursday 6 November 2008 - Afternoon
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial
2 pm Arrival at Dachau
2.15 pmLaying of a wreath on behalf of the Council of Europe
2.30 pm - 4 pmGuided tour of the Dachau concentration camp memorial and exhibition
4 pm - 4.15 pmBreak
4.15 pm - 6 pmPlenary Session
Welcome by Dr Gabiele Hammermann, Director of the Memorial Site
Round Table: “Testimony of Eye-witnesses”
Moderator: Dr Fabienne Regard, Council of Europe expert
Questions and answers
“The Righteous among the Nations”
Presentation by Ms Irena Steinfeldt, Head of the "Righteous among the Nations" Department, Yad Vashem “The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority”
6.15 pm Transfer by bus to Nuremberg
8.30 pmBuffet of Bavarian specialities at the Restaurant “Bratwurst Röslein”
Friday 7 November 2008
8. amParticipants meet in front of Hotel to join the bus
8.15 am (puntually)Transfer by bus to the Nuremberg Courthouse
9 am Introduction to the premises and visit of Court Room 600
9.30 amTransfer by bus to the Documentation Centre of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds
Nuremberg – Documentation Centre of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds
(Reichsparteitagsgelände)
10 amPlenary Session: “Towards a European citizens ethos”
Chair: Ms Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister, President of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany
10 am - 10.45 am“The significance of the Nuremberg trials”
Address by Prof. Dr Christoph Safferling, Universität Marburg
Questions and answers
10.45 am – 11amAddress by Ambassador Benedikt Haller, Head of the German delegation to the International Task Force for Holocaust Remembrance (ITF)
11 am – 11.15 pmBreak
11.15 am – 1 pmInformal meeting “in camera” on the theme of the “Day of remembrance of the Holocaust and prevention of crimes against humanity”: Exchange of views by the Ministers of Education (or Heads of delegations) and by the Observers
1.15 pm – 2.15 pmClosing Session
-Address by Mr Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, Secretary of State and Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for International Dialogue, Poland
-Conclusions of the Chair, Ms Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister, President of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany
-Closing speech by Mr Gabriele Mazza, Director of Education and Languages of the Council of Europe
2.15 pmLunch
3 pmTransfer by bus to meeting point for the visit of Nuremberg
3.15Visit to the medieval district of Nuremberg (optional)
4.30 pmReturn to the Hotel and departure of the delegations
[1] Organised in the framework of the Council of Europe project “Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and prevention of crimes against humanity”