Journal | Memorial Day of Germany ~ Sunday, 15 November 2020
TODAY WE HAVE a royal visit from Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla in Berlin.
This year's day of national mourning (Volkstrauertag) is dedicated to the German-British friendship and, 75 years after the Second World War, stands for reconciliation and the much more far-reaching common history of both countries.
It is the first time that royal members have attended our Central Commemoration. It is considered a sign of Reconciliation.
Our Day of National Mourning was introduced in 1919 at the suggestion of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge and was first celebrated in 1922 as a Day of Remembrance in honour of the victims of the First World War.
The day of national mourning is a state day of remembrance in Germany and is one of the so-called silent days. It has been celebrated every year since 1952 two Sundays before the first Sunday in Advent since 1952, in memory of the war dead and victims of the tyranny of all nations.
We must never never forget Ian. I am so shocked that there are right-wing radical groups in this country who deny the Holocaust. Are they stupid? Or are they are not able to follow this part of our history? It brings me in rage, Ian.
To Forget is the worst thing ever. The lessons from this are most important.
Rita
In der Nordrhein-Westfalen
November 15. 2020
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Deutschland
Präsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier von Deutschland
THIS MESSAGE from Rita in Germany is so powerful, especially as many of you will understand more than Mainland Britain which was, apart from our Channel Islands, spared occupation.
But Rita’s central message is that there must be Reconciliation.
I was moved to emphasise this in my address to the German People who had invited me on 4 August 2018 in Lachen-Speyerdorf. We believe this passionately.
This theme has been emphasised afresh by my future King and future head of the Commonwealth of Nations.
10 June 2022
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© Kenneth Thomas Webb 2022
First written on 17 November 2020
His Majesty the King, Charles III, did ascend the throne on Thursday 8 September 2022 upon the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at 10 minutes past the third hour after Noon. The Accession was instant.
Those present declared, The Queen is Dead Long Live the King.
Und alle Leute antworteten
Gott schütze den König
Ken Webb is a writer and proofreader. His website, kennwebb.com, showcases his work as a writer, blogger and podcaster, resting on his successive careers as a police officer, progressing to a junior lawyer in succession and trusts as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, a retired officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and latterly, for three years, the owner and editor of two lifestyle magazines in Liverpool.
He also just handed over a successful two year chairmanship in Gloucestershire with Cheltenham Regency Probus.
Pandemic aside, he spends his time equally between his city, Liverpool, and the county of his birth, Gloucestershire.
In this fast-paced present age, proof-reading is essential. And this skill also occasionally leads to copy-editing writers’ manuscripts for submission to publishers and also student and post graduate dissertations.
