• 短期ワークキャンプ
  • ijgd 75130
  • ドイツ
  • 2025/08/16(土)～2025/08/29(金)

Experiencing History

国 ドイツ
コード ijgd 75130
プログラム名 Experiencing History
開催期間 2025/08/16(土)～2025/08/29(金)
背景 The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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仕事内容 For several years now, volunteer work camps have been helping to clear paths and secure the remains of buildings on the site of the former Zeithain prisoner of war camp. This makes it possible to walk around the site with visitors and explain the history of the camp. Remains of buildings as well as roads and paths have already been recovered. Further work is necessary, for example clearing and cutting free overgrown building sites and paths and renewing wooden shelters to protect the exposed building remains from the weather.
The Ehrenhain Zeithain memorial commemorates the at least 25,000 people who fell victim to malnutrition and catastrophic conditions in the Wehrmacht prisoner-of-war camp from 1941 to 1945.
As part of the German war of extermination against the Soviet Union, a prisoner of war camp was set up in Zeithain in 1941. Initially, only Soviet soldiers from the Red Army were held in the camp. At the time, Ukrainian and Russian soldiers fought together in the Red Army. Up to 30,000 of them died as a result of inhumane living conditions. From February 1943, the camp served as a central hospital for prisoners of war. Prisoners from other nations also arrived during this period. Italian soldiers formed a large group. The majority of them also died due to inadequate nutrition and poor medical care. The dead were buried in five cemeteries in the municipality of Zeithain.
The memorial is located in one of the cemeteries. An exhibition and name plaques commemorate the victims of the camp.
The area of the POW camp was completely cleared after 1945. The huge 66-hectare site is now part of the Gohrischheide nature reserve and is an unmanaged natural landscape.
The aim of this work camp is to give young people the opportunity to familiarise themselves with archaeological challenges by researching the historical heritage, but also to acquire knowledge about forms of remembrance work.
宿泊 You cook together. Money for the food shopping is provided to you. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please indicate any allergies when registering. You are accommodated in a clubhouse (usage only for the workcamp group) with several bedrooms and kitchen
場所 Zeithain, Sachsen. The camp site and the village of Zeithain are located in a rural setting characterised by the Elbe river and surrounding floodplains. Zeithain is nevertheless very centrally located in the triangle between the major cities of Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden. All cities can be reached by public transport in around one hour. The nearest town is Riesa, 15 kilometres away. There is also a swimming lake in the neighbourhood. In Riesa you can go shopping, eat ice cream or sit in the beer garden by the Elbe. So you have many opportunities to organise your free time in a positive and varied way and get to know the surrounding area.
集合場所 Participants will be picked up from Riesa train station at different times on the day of arrival, at 1 pm, 3 pm or later, by arrangement. Your accommodation is located in Zeithain. More Information about train and bus connections: www.bahn.com or https://www.bvg.de/en. Nearest airport is BER. Nearest train or bus station is BER / Halle-Leipzig Airport, nearest trainstation: Riesa We would like to invite you to travel as environmentally friendly as possible. If you have the option to go by train, bus, carshare or bicycle that can be a great first step for you to become a climate steward..
資格 Age 18-26. The distance from the accommodation to the camp is 5 km. Bicycles and a vehicle are available for this purpose. You can explore the area by bike, e.g. along the Elbe cycle path. We will provide bicycles for you.
募集人数 12人
主催者・支援機関詳細 1949年設立。毎年100か所以上で開催する、世界最大級の国際ワークキャンプNGO Internationale Jugendgemeinschaftsdienste。社会と環境の現状を、若者がしっかり認識して、民主主義社会の積極的・責任を持った一員に成長することが目的。ワークキャンプを通じて、国の壁や偏見・先入観を壊し、相互理解を深めることは、世界平和への貴重な貢献だと信じている。ワークや運営の質が、多くのボランティアから高く評価されています！
企画者・参加者の声 　「モンゴル」に憧れて参加。期待を裏切らない大自然。野菜の収穫は楽しかったけど、建設と水やりは少し寂しかった…不慣れながらも大人数の食事を準備したこと、みんなで文句を言いながらもやかんでお湯を沸かしてシャワーを浴びたこと、寒い中で星を見たこと、ささいな瞬間全てが「非日常」だった（経験者談）。

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