Overview

• At the Gießener Liebigschule in May, students voted for the Abitur motto "NSDABI – Verbrennt den Duden," referencing the NSDAP and triggering widespread condemnation.
• FDP and SPD lawmakers urged compulsory visits to Holocaust and Nazi memorial sites to confront the atrocities of National Socialism more effectively.
• On June 26, 2025, the governing coalition defeated the proposal, arguing that mandatory trips could provoke student resistance and that textbooks already cover Nazi history.
• Education State Secretary Manuel Lösel highlighted existing prevention programs at the Gießen gymnasium, including antisemitism workshops and guided Auschwitz visits.
• Hessian education authorities will expand a values and democracy initiative to all schools to strengthen anti-extremism teaching across the state.