As of: March 13, 2024, 4:23 p.m
By: Andrea Kästle
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20 minutes of resolution on the Otfried Preußler-Gymnasium in Pullach, which would like to be called the Pullach State High School again (from left): Matthias Stadler, Nimet Gökmenoglu, Salome Benz, Luitgart Dittmann-Chylla, Franz Inselkammer, Christoph Göbel, then the Pullach administration with the mayor Susanna Thousandfreund in the middle, opposite Göbel sit Michael Schönlein and Christine Eisenmann.
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The renaming of the Otfried Preußler-Gymnasium Pullach has been decided.
On Wednesday, the association voted unanimously to support the school family in its desire to separate from its namesake.
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- The meeting only lasted 20 minutes, and representatives of the high school were among the listeners.
Director Benno Fischbach, who had spoken out less and less in recent weeks due to the many national media reports that attacked the school, said: “I have great respect for democratic opinion-making, we would have taken note of every decision.” But He also said that: “We are happy,” and we are also grateful that the discussion has become more objective again in the last few days.
Jochen Marx, a math and physics teacher, who has been particularly intensively involved with Preußler over the last five years and who also developed an exhibition on the author of the robber “Hotzenplotz” with the students, said: “I’m really happy that unity has been restored is.
That makes me look positively towards the future.” The name should not be “erased” under any circumstances; Preußler will continue to be discussed in class.
District Administrator: “Preußler remains a great children’s book author”
District Administrator Christoph Goebel (CSU) also made this statement at the meeting for the district.
He said: “I would like the school to continue its legacy,” and one should not remain convinced that what happened to Preußler should not happen.
But: “You should also actively engage with your own history.” He didn’t want to “stand in the way” of the school family, whose commitment he expressly acknowledged.
He also said: “Preußler remains a great children’s book author.”
Nimet Gökmenoglu took a particularly clear stance on behalf of the city of Munich, saying that she bowed to the school family who had dealt so intensively with Preußler.
The teachers involved, especially Marx, had to endure many attacks; she assured everyone: “We stand behind you.”
Claims made without evidence
Franz Inselkammer was the only one on the committee to say that he was “not a big fan of the school’s application,” but would still agree.
“I just wanted to say that.” Christine Eisenmann, on the other hand, from the local CSU, who, together with a colleague, voted in the local council to keep the current name, now said: Allegations had been “made without evidence”, but, She said essentially that she didn't want to get in the way of school either.
We now have to “get out of the unspeakable discussion quickly”.
Preußler is not suitable as a role model
Mayor Susanna Tausenfreund (Greens) said she was “very happy about the unanimous vote”.
This acknowledged the school's intensive engagement with Preußler's past;
The school was always concerned with not punishing Preussler for his enthusiasm for Nazism after the fact; it was simply felt that because he never publicly critically reflected on his own thoughts and actions, he was not suitable as a role model.
Thousand Friend: “It was a serious process over many years.” Which, as I said, will certainly continue. Jochen Marx said it would be conceivable to transform the exhibition into an installation of some kind.
The school can now apply to the Ministry of Culture to be renamed a state high school.