Sonntag, 13. März 2011
Montag, 7. Februar 2011
Another literary reading about the freedom of movement during socialism
Our project work continues.
During the previous week in our German classes we discussed a few anecdotes about the German Democratic Republic. They were written by ex-citizens of the GDR, who happened to travel to Bulgaria in the 1970s and 1980s and described their trips along with the obstacles they had to face. One of the authors had a special task while accompanying the groups. After every journey he had to make reports and give them over to the State Security. While making them, he had to describe the behaviour of the travellers and, most importantly, to point out if they had met any citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany. The authors who wrote the anecdotes had a great sense of humour but now I realize it wasn’t easy for people at all.
In addition, a new literary reading was held. This time we got to know more about the book “On the other side of the iron curtain” by Zlatko Angelov. The author taught anatomy in an institute of medicine and told his amazing stories about his business trips abroad in 1970s and 1980s. He didn’t manage to get a visa many times not only for Western countries, but even for the Chez Republic. He was given a number of ridiculous reasons, such as his sister’s marriage to a citizen of France, his disagreement to take part in a communist propaganda, and to co-operate with the State security. It’s a fascinating book everybody will for sure be captured with.
We are already getting ready for our first project meeting, which will take place in Dorf Mecklenburg in March. We are very happy we will have the chance to visit the Museum of the GDR - DDR- Museum in Malchin and the ex-boundary between the FRG and the GDR – near Lübeck. Right there we will get to learn more about the time when our parents and grandparents did not have the right to travel. We will also have a project day with moderators of a German non-governmental organization. During our stay, our partners from Dorf Mecklenburg will have other guests as well – students from Denmark. It will be interesting for us to hear their opinion about the freedom of travelling. They will probably find this topic rather unknown and puzzling as such a problem has never existed in their country – with maybe just one exception – the feudalism.
During the previous week in our German classes we discussed a few anecdotes about the German Democratic Republic. They were written by ex-citizens of the GDR, who happened to travel to Bulgaria in the 1970s and 1980s and described their trips along with the obstacles they had to face. One of the authors had a special task while accompanying the groups. After every journey he had to make reports and give them over to the State Security. While making them, he had to describe the behaviour of the travellers and, most importantly, to point out if they had met any citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany. The authors who wrote the anecdotes had a great sense of humour but now I realize it wasn’t easy for people at all.
In addition, a new literary reading was held. This time we got to know more about the book “On the other side of the iron curtain” by Zlatko Angelov. The author taught anatomy in an institute of medicine and told his amazing stories about his business trips abroad in 1970s and 1980s. He didn’t manage to get a visa many times not only for Western countries, but even for the Chez Republic. He was given a number of ridiculous reasons, such as his sister’s marriage to a citizen of France, his disagreement to take part in a communist propaganda, and to co-operate with the State security. It’s a fascinating book everybody will for sure be captured with.
We are already getting ready for our first project meeting, which will take place in Dorf Mecklenburg in March. We are very happy we will have the chance to visit the Museum of the GDR - DDR- Museum in Malchin and the ex-boundary between the FRG and the GDR – near Lübeck. Right there we will get to learn more about the time when our parents and grandparents did not have the right to travel. We will also have a project day with moderators of a German non-governmental organization. During our stay, our partners from Dorf Mecklenburg will have other guests as well – students from Denmark. It will be interesting for us to hear their opinion about the freedom of travelling. They will probably find this topic rather unknown and puzzling as such a problem has never existed in their country – with maybe just one exception – the feudalism.
Die Zeitschrift des Bulgarischen Deutschlehrerverbandes berichtet über uns
Am 29.Januar 2011 berichtete die Online-Ausgabe der Zeitschrift des bulgarischen Deutschlehererverbandes über Velislavas Erfolg als Bloggerin des Jahres beim Programm "EUROPEANS FOR PEACE", sowie über unsere gemeinsame Arbeit in den letzten drei Jahren. Dies geschieht in der Rubrik "Unsere Besten". Klicken Sie hier!
Dienstag, 25. Januar 2011
Meeting a witness of the events
A great thing about the programme “Europeans for peace” is that we, the young, get to know a lot about historical events from people who have witnessed them. They tell us extremely interesting stories about what happened in the past.
We had such a meeting today with our PE teacher.
Mr. Tsvetan Tsvetkov was in the Bulgarian national volleyball team in the 1960s and 1970s and travelled many times not only in countries from the as called Eastern bloc, but also in countries on the other side of the Iron Curtain.
Today we heard his interesting stories – the stories of his journeys. Before going abroad, the sportsmen had a special meeting with members of the Committee for State Security, where they were prepared for their collision with the culture of the Western world. They also were warned that they might meet people hostile to them, who distrust everyone. That’s why the sportsmen were more than surprised when they found out that their hosts actually were nice and kind. The hosts, however, were baffled by the fact that Bulgarians could go abroad with no more than 10 dollars. Mr. Tsvetkov told us how he faced the Western culture. He also told us about its advantages, compared to the Bulgarian reality back then. He also told us how he bought currency illegally, in order to have more money for his stay in foreign countries.
He also told us about the members of the Committee for State Security, who accompanied every group of travellers and eavesdropped all their conversations, aiming to tell them to their bosses.
His story about the Moscow 1980 summer Olympics and its sports leaders was intriguing as well. One of the travellers expressed his negative opinion about the bad building quality of the Olympic stadium in Moscow and he was immediately sent back to Bulgaria.
Meeting Mr. Tsvetkov was amazing. He promised us one more meeting.
Tanja Dimitrova, 11b, Dobrich, Bulgaria
Montag, 24. Januar 2011
Freitag, 7. Januar 2011
Wir gratulieren! Velislava aus Bulgarien wurde für ihre Blogs über das Projekt "Vom Feind zum Helden" in Berlin ausgezeichnet
Die bulgarische Schülerin Velislava Ivanova, die ihr alle kennt, bekam eine grosse Auszeichnung in Berlin.
Sie wurde „Bloggerin des Jahres“ des Programms „EUROPEANS FOR PEACE“ der Stiftung „Erinnerung, Vearantwortung und Zukunft“. Dieses Programm fördert unsere Projekte.
Die Auszeichnung bekam Velislava für ihre Bloggs über unser Projekt vom letzten Jahr -"Vom Feind zum Helden"
Die internationale Jury wurde auf die wunderbaren Texte, Bilder und Filme von Velislava aufmerksam. Sie stellen die einzelnen Schritte unserer gemeinsamen Arbeit im letzten Jahr dar.
Vom 3. bis zum 7.Dezember wurde Velislava zusammen mit Lisa Schubert aus Dorf Mecklenburg u den Preisträgerveranstaltungen nach Berlin eingeladen. Dort präsentierten sie das Projekt und nahmen an Workshops teil. Bei der Festvaranstaltung erzählten sie, warum das Internet so wichtig für das Projekt war, wie Velislava zum Bloggen kam und was das spannendste Erlebnis war, das sie im Blog beschrieben hat.
Nach dem Festakt gab es eine Projektausstellung.
Interesse für die Arbeit von Velislava und für unser Projektthema zeigten viele Bürger und Vertreter verschiedener Organisationen.
Für ihre hervorragende Arbeit bakam Velislava 500 Euro. Damit bezahlt sie die Kursgebühren für ihre Teilnahme am Internationalen Sommerkurs für deutsche Sprache, Literatur und Landeskunde vom 08.08.-31.08.2011 an der Universität Freiburg.
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