What we give our children, we get back when they take over as adults
The day with Emerich Roth and Mikael Spreitz were very interesting and memorable. Here comes some thoughts
from our students and adults who participated this important day.
It´s not so many people left who can tell us about the second World Wars cruelty. Emerich´s story was terrible and frightened, it´s hard to believe and understand what was happening those years. To survive from Auschwitz and the death-marsh and then spend a lifetime believe that love and understanding it´s the only way out it´s very big. Mikael and Emerich stories together was a very interesting thing to experience.
First we saw a film with the life story of Emerich and then we could ask him about it. A very interesting question Emerich answerd was: Do you think the world is better now than before the Second World War? And Emerich told us that he thought so until the day he met some boys in the street wo shouted "Zieg Heil". Then Emerich was terrified and decided to start tell the world his story from the war.
Emerich talked about his growing up and the importance of love and understanding in his family. That was what helped him throw the hard years in the war. When he had the opporunity to kill a soldier from the enemies army he choosed not to do it, because he believes in love.
Then Mikael Spreitz talked about his life as a criminal and his way out of that world.
Mikael told us about his childhood with a father who didn´t care and didn´t give love, Mikael spent his days trying to please his father. He didn´managed and got in to big trouble. One day in prison Mikael decided not to go to prison anymore and his way to a normal life started. Nowadays he works with young criminals trying to help them get out of the criminal life.
One of our students will tell you about what Emerich Roth meant and what his message was. About how he touched and inspired me, and us, to do better. Emerich talked about hate and what hatred can do and how hatred can spread. But the most important is the message: To stop, stop. Quitting stand and do nothing against hatred. To just pretend that the problem will resolve itself. For it will not. And if you hate it helps not to put others down. It does not help to disagree and be saucy. For it spreads just hatred, and hatred destroys lives. But also for those who do not hate, to help others stop hating. Helping people on the right path, because then helps not only others but also himself. Emerich Roth also talked a lot about the family. Keeping a strong bond in the family and not to hate in the family. That parents would spend less time on the job and spend more time in the family. I would love to have it so in my family, and that I should be happy that I got what I need from them. And I hope you have learned something, become inspired to do better and understand the message. This is important to understand. so please, do better!
Emerich,
I think it's very courageous that you dare to share your experience , then I can only imagine how hard it must have been the beginning to open up so much. What you do is an incredibly important thing to do , then it informs young people and provides security to those who had it hard . Through this thiughts I hope I can convey how much I think that what you do does . Although it is by showing that you can change habits and come out of a destructive life , to explain how important it is for others to not only watch when they see others having a hard time. I think it was extremely brave you could forgive your father so that you could remove the old one from the past, I think no one would cope. To have one's parents believe that you hate it or vice versa. There are so many who just stand and do nothing when people scream for help, so what you do helps a lot when you start thinking about what you say and opens up more about how loved ones are doing and totally strangers. It is easy to forget how much significance words, when a small comment can damage the rough and a little smile to someone can give them incredible deal. So thank you so much for informing me about your history and your åsiktert. I thought it was extremely interesting and very moving. Your story has already touched people and made them think and it will get even more.
When they grow up a bit, they will be moved to the Moravian Brethern Park nearby. They will commemorate there the stay of Andreas Grassmann, Daniel Schneider and Johann Nitschmann from Suchdol and villages around in the Stockholm area in 1734. They stayed for about six months to learn Swedish. They found friends there and took part in a spiritual revival. Later, they continued then to the north to Uleaborg.
