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Name/email: __Michelle Disser / dissermichelle@t-online.de__ School: __Einhardschule Seligenstadt__ Age: __14__ Country: __Germanny__

1) How does your community (school, town, country) select to remember World War II? Examples: holidays, memorials, songs, movies, books…

There are many different ways to remember WWII here. In Zellhausen, the village I live in, we have a memorial, which reminds of the victims of the war. In Germany there are also museums, which inform about WWII in general, the damages and the consequences. We have books and movies, too. One book, which is called “//Schafsweide//”, tells the story of a military airport here in Zellhausen. But there isn’t any holiday, on which we remember WWII.

2) Do you know of anyone who was involved in some aspect of the World War II? If so, what is their connection? If possible, can you send a picture?

Yes, I do. Many of my older relatives were involved in some aspect of WWII. My four great-grandfathers were soldiers in WWII. Two of them died, one came back home and one was missed. We don’t know, what happened to him. And all of my grandparents grew up during WWII. They told me a lot about, what life was like in those times and how they felt when for example our village was bombed.

3) Is there anything else you would like to add?

I think, what happened in this time was dreadful and nothing justifies this war. But we can’t turn back time and change the past. We should only try not to do anything like this again. Everybody has to realize that violence and war aren’t the right ways to resolve problems and conflicts. Anything like this mustn’t happen again. And nobody should forget about the victims and the very huge damage, the war caused.