ESC: VJF/ESC 6.3 Never forget: Buchenwald

Name: ESC: VJF/ESC 6.3 Never forget: Buchenwald
Start: 2023-08-20
End: 2023-09-02
Location: Weimar, Germany

Code: 3530664d0f28e67857 Copied

Germany Education European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers will work at the memorial site of the former concentration camp of Buchenwald. It is located upon a hill around 10 km from Weimar, the city where Goethe and Schiller worked and lived, but also where the Nazi movement had already in the 1920’s a lot of supporters. Today the site of the Memorial is at the same time a cemetery, an evidence for the crimes which were committed in Buchenwald, a place of grief and commemoration for the victims and a place of historical and political education and information outside the school-system. The main project for the practical work will be on the “Buchenwald Railway Memorial Trail” where you will work for the preservation and maintenance of the former railway path. In addition, you will take part in a remembrance project when you produce memorial stones that commemorate children and young people who were deported to the concentration camp of Auschwitz and murdered there. Study part: National Socialist history.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will stay in the International Young People’s Centre, situated on the area of the former concentration camp. You will have to share the room with 2 volunteers. Sanitary facilities including showers are in the rooms. You do not need a sleeping bag or bed linen. You can use a washing machine for a small fee. There is internet access in the accommodation. More information: https://www.buchenwald.de/en/130/ Food: Food will be provided. There will be no possibility to cook.

🎒 Leisure activities

Study part: The program will focus on the National Socialist history (i.e. on the concentration camp system, the NS ideology and the NS society) and its effects and consequences until today. The responsible pedagogical assistant of the Memorial will show you the remains and history of the former camp, step-bystep, through different tours on the site. Moreover, you will visit exhibitions and watch documentary movies, and those who would like may work with materials of the library or the archive.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: For this Workcamp it is necessary to have very good English skills as we will get a lot of information about the time of Second World War.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/12/2037

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

DE35306

20/08/2023 → 02/09/2023

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Deadline: 31/12/2037

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

99427 Weimar, Germany

Germany

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:10 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German