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United in their demands: The participants of the memorial fire with speeches in Waitzinger Park in Miesbach pleaded, among other things, for peace negotiations in the Ukraine war. © Stefan Schweihofer
Instead of an Easter march, there was a vigil in Miesbach this year. Co-organizer Hermann Kraus attributes the fact that there were 50 fewer visitors than expected to the war in Ukraine.
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- It was a short-term decision that has proven successful, at least for this date: the Easter march, which once led through the district town with hundreds of participants, has turned into an evening event with a vigil in Waitzinger Park for the first time this year. “We were 50 participants – a little less than expected,” summarizes co-organizer Hermann Kraus when asked by our newspaper. His conclusion is nevertheless positive: “The Easter March idea is alive, and that can be observed nationwide.”
There are no longer the same number of participants as before - “but we have the same level of commitment to the cause,” emphasizes Kraus, who was involved in the planning in advance through the Miesbach local SPD association.
As a result, four other speakers appeared in front of the memorial on Easter Monday alongside Herrmann: SPD district councilor Christine Negele with the opening, Bernhard Weissenbacher from the Left Center Rosenheim on the peace movement from his perspective, Pia Wank from the Evangelical Youth in the Bad Tölz deanery on the situation in Gaza and Inge Jooß from the PIA support association and the Integration Network.
Co-organizer: “Business has become more difficult”
All speakers received a lot of support, says Kraus. The participants also agreed with each other - not a given given the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. Kraus summarizes: “Business has become more difficult. Many people want to ensure that Ukraine is supplied with weapons as best as possible.” The lower number of participants was therefore also noticeable last year. However, Kraus emphasizes that the Easter March initiative does not want to leave Ukraine “unarmed”, but advocates negotiations. “These usually start when fighting is still going on.” Ultimately, negotiations would require a lot of lead time because of the necessary planning.
According to Kraus, the participants had a very specific discussion in this context in front of the memorial in Waitzinger Park, which, among other things, commemorates those killed on battlefields. The co-organizer himself says: “We have a conflict that is currently neither moving forward nor backwards.” There is no solution in sight, and Ukraine’s achievement of its goals “is not foreseeable.” There was also consensus on the demand from Pia Wank from the Evangelical Youth to make humanitarian aid possible for Gaza. The initiative summarized its goals in the flyer: “We demand negotiations on disarmament treaties, a treaty banning nuclear weapons, strengthening the World Security Council and the consistent punishment of war criminals.”
14 supporting organizations included
According to Kraus, participants debated and discussed things at the vigil until late in the evening. “Many people know each other – it’s a good opportunity.” It has not yet been decided whether the new format of the initiative should be retained next year, says Kraus. At least the number of sponsoring organizers suggests a future for the initiative. 14 associations and unions, some of them newly involved, were behind the campaign this year; last year there were 22. nap
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