JOURNEY OF REMEMBRANCE.
THE DELEGATION VISIT TO AUSCHWITZ
concluded the ceremony at Birkenau WORLD
They arrived in Krakow in the evening, around 21, students and the delegation of 16 common pontine, A long and exhausting journey that Antonello Merolla, Mayor of Cisterna, joint leader of the initiative, being told every day, as a travelogue to know the contents and purpose of 'pilgrimage' in places of suffering and reassure and inform the families of young students.
"After two days of travel we finally arrived last night in Krakow - said Merolla -. I am proud of the conduct of our guys so far that even today, despite the many hours of travel, we are diligently wake up at 6am to be ready at 8 and leave for a tour to the concentration camp of Auschwitz. Tomorrow we will be at Birkenau instead to celebrate the World Day of Remembrance.
What we are facing is a sensitive issue, importantly, a wound still open and that humanity will be celebrated worldwide on 27 January. It is not a school trip and even pleasure. E ' a real journey where the Province of Latina, the town of Cisterna leader, was among the first in Italy to bring such a large number of children of middle third visit and touch the places with the horror of war promote the culture of peace. It 's a journey that requires sacrifices to deal with two days to go and coach each way. But this sacrifice gives even more strength and importance of this experience. The children involved were chosen by their teachers because of the experience worthwhile and spokesman at their comrades.
I had the feeling that someone would find the turbid even in this initiative, I want to remember, organize for 7 years, receiving many accolades and acclaim from across the province. To those who lamented the closing of the course to coincide with the departure of the bus last Sunday, I remember that is exactly what happens every year for 7 years. It 'a conscious decision and wanted just to let everyone know the city that our guys are going to face a long and arduous journey to sad places, full of pain, an experience that will enrich them from within. It 'a great effort to which we encounter every year, running three hundred thirteen children around Europe. Because as you know the visit is not limited to the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau but also foibe, Oswiecim, and other important places for the training of our young people. Furthermore I will present to the Mayor of Oswiecim, known as the City of Peace, a copy of the book by the late national Rinaldo Rinaldi, demonstrating that these tragic events also affect our city. "
"I hope - he concluded - that there should be no steric controversy on this trip, leaving them rather with other issues of administrative and political life of our city."
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