Study trip to Germany together with IPA on reunification
Point Alpha Memorial
Five out of the six participants came from South Korea, and were joined by a professor of the Yanbian University in China. After visiting Berlin, the group went to Leipzig, Erfurt, Geisa, Nuremberg, and Munich. In the following a list of the different locations and topics is provided.
- Federal Agency for Political Education: “The political and administrative restoration of Germany and the German reunification”
- Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship: “The reappraisal of the SED dictatorship after the German reunification: the tasks and the role of the Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship”
- Bundestag: “Guided tour”
- Marienfelde Refugee Center Museum: “The process of admission of the DDR refugees during the time of division”
- Berlin Wall Memorial: “The history of the Berlin Wall, the symbol of the Cold War”
- Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam: “Potsdam Conference”
- Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig: „Overview of the modern German history: from the end of World War ll to the present“
- Gedenkstätte Museum in der “Runden Ecke” Leipzig: “emblem of the DDR dictatorship MfS - its role and operations”
- St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig: “Center of the Monday demonstration and the peaceful revolution”
- Center for Political Education Thuringia: “Change in the new federal states after the unification on the example of the Free State of Thuringia”
- Point Alpha Memorial: “the place of division during the Cold War”
- Memorium Nuremberg Trials: “Historical reappraisal in Germany”
- Hanns Seidel Foundation in Munich: “The tasks and the role of the Hanns Seidel Foundation”
The study trip provided an overview of the German unity and wrong or missing facts could be replaced or added. Since 1990 the HSF Korea and the IPA have been organizing these study trips in Germany, and so far about 160 Korean opinion leaders have taken part. The goal of the HSF Korea is to share the experiences on reunification in Germany with the Korean society by providing the study trips.