Visit the Memorial of St Nikolaiĭestroyed in Allied bombing raids in 1943, this Gothic church is now a museum and observation deck. It was decided after the war to not return St Nikolai to a parish church as it had been before, but to create a memorial where Hamburg could remember their dead and the atrocities of the war. Not everyone in Germany agrees with the concept of s tolperstein. This excellent article in The Guardian explains why and shares more insight into the project. One particularly poignant grouping is the stolperstein laid outside the Patriotische Gessellschaft on Trostbrucke, an organisation developed in 1765 for the good of Hamburg, epitomising working together as a society – the exact oppositie of Nazi doctrine. They shine up from the drab (and often wet, this is Hamburg) paths and pavements of the city, telling the story of the person they commemorate and making sure they, and the genocide of six million people, is not forgotten. Seeing the stones and reading the inscriptions was an incredibly moving experience, knowing they had been laid outside the last known place of residence of the individual’s choice. Since 1992, there have been more than 70,000 such stones laid by artist Gunter Demnig, across 1,200 cities in 24 countries, in Europe and Russia. Thank you to all of our amazing partners who joined us here in Barcelona.Stolperstein, literally stumbling blocks, are sett-size (10x10cm) concrete cubes bearing a brass plate, inscribed with the names and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. We have had the opportunity to meet 44 of our school partners from across the world, representing more than 100 destinations of our portfolio - from Bogota to Seoul! Through a long week of workshops, discussions, training sessions, and a unique exchange of ideas - we are all ready to give you the best service possible in 2024. We also like to travel: most of the time we go to South Africa to visit our big family who we miss very much.ĮSL’s 2023 workshop is over, but we couldn’t be happier with the result. We also have a dog who needs regular walks. I love spending time with my family, we have three teenage children and they are always hungry, so I cook a lot and all that goes with it. It is very nice to be able to continue working in the language travel industry (albeit on the other side), which has been our life for so long! It is great to work for our former 'favourite agency' and I appreciate the trust the people in the different departments have shown in me. After six months, I was promoted to senior customer service officer for the German and Austrian markets. After some time, I started working at ESL in Hamburg as a customer service representative. Unfortunately, with the arrival of Covid, we had to close our school and moved to Germany. One of our partner agencies was ESL, and it was really our favourite agency. Afterwards we lived in Germany for a while and in 2006 we decided to return to South Africa to open an English language school in Port Elizabeth. I met my husband during a language course in Cape Town. My story with ESL comes from South Africa. Meeting Melanie Fitzhenry - Senior Customer Care Officer - Hamburg
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