Students want to strip Adolf Hitler of honorary citizenship
A few months ago, during a history lesson at the Seven Mountains High School in Bad Honnef, a 10th-grade class came up with the idea of making history themselves. By submitting a motion, the class wanted to ensure that the town of 25,000 inhabitants near Bonn, in western Germany, officially renounced one of its honorary citizens, the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
Kathi, Lilly, Ronja, Mia and Selin, five pupils speaking on behalf of the class, wanted to make a clear statement against right-wing ideas together with their teacher Thomas Rott. "We live in this town, so, of course, its history also concerns us. And then we asked ourselves whether we could use our influence today to change anything about history and Hitler's honorary citizenship. We were also introduced to the topic by our teacher, and each of us then simply wrote an email to the mayor," they said in a statement.
Their initiative resulted in a petition that was ultimately signed by more than 1,363 people — 5% of Bad Honnef residents, and therefore the number required for the city council to vote on the initiative. It was a huge success for the pupils who had gathered signatures, rang countless doorbells and........
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