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Municipalities Set Timetables for Volkstrauertag Commemorations on Nov. 16, Some on Nov. 15

Organizers frame remembrance of victims of war, dictatorship, forced flight as a call for peace.

Overview

  • Local schedules confirm services, wreath‑layings and talks across the Frankenthal region and the Altkreis Münden for Sunday, with select towns holding ceremonies on Saturday, Nov. 15.
  • Bobenheim‑Roxheim invites the public to a 14:00 honor ceremony at the Roxheim memorial led by First Deputy Georg Zwilling, followed by a 14:30 museum lecture by local historian Klaus Graber.
  • Großniedesheim begins its commemoration at 10:15 at the municipal war memorial, with the announcement highlighting victims of concentration camps or flight and stressing the day’s relevance for peace and justice.
  • Hann. Münden schedules a 10:00 ecumenical service at St. Blasius, then an 11:15 gathering at the Rotunde with an address by Tobias Dannenberg and a wreath‑laying for Nazi victims accompanied by city archivist Stefan Schäfer.
  • Additional gatherings span villages such as Gimte, Hemeln‑Glashütte‑Bursfelde and Volkmarshausen, and several councils request donations for the Volksbund, with Lippoldshausen asking for contributions at the event instead of a house collection.