Showing posts with label Germany (photos). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany (photos). Show all posts

Sunday, June 16, 2002

Eschwege, Germany

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Visited here a couple of times as an examiner for the LCCI. Didn’t take too many photographs, as you can see, but it’s a very pleasant town.

Thursday, May 16, 2002

Gera, Germany

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In the five years I worked in Gera, I never took many photographs of the town itself. These photos were taken on 16 May 2002 on the grounds of a church a couple of minutes from our school. The black ribbons hanging from the tree commemorate the Erfurt massacre of 26 April 2002, when Robert Steinhäuser shot dead thirteen teachers, two students and a police officer. It was a difficult time for students and teachers alike, as tragedies like Columbine seemed now very real and close: Erfurt is only 100 km from Gera, and 50 from Jena, where I live.