The Square of the European Promise is an invitation to the citizens of Europe to make a promise. The promises are not published. In their place, their names were inscribed in the stone floor on the Square of the European Promise in Bochum. They are the authors of the new square.

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Der Platz des europäischen Versprechens ist eine Einladung an die Bürger Europas, ein Versprechen abzugeben. Die Versprechen werden nicht veröffentlicht. An ihrer Stelle wurden die Namen der Teilnehmer in den Steinboden auf dem Platz des europäischen Versprechens in Bochum eingeschrieben. Sie sind die Autoren des neuen Platzes.

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Watching my father play with my nephew, I am witness to the first three consecutive generations of Germans living in uninterrupted peace. Ever. Nobody is going to endanger that unopposed. Looking at my grandfather and my father, the most striking difference in their formative experiences is defined by the narrative surrounding their sense of national identity.
Matthias Bergmann

‘Civil society’ in Europe – the élite, the middle-income stratum, the working class and the unemployed—had a common denominator: they were consumers, inside and outside, not citizens… there were no Europeans in the EU in the early XXI century: there were only French, Dutch, Italians, Germans and so on… ‘civil society’ at the time was silent, if not itself kindling the fire of hatred and violence which culminated in the migrants genocide. Irene Caratelli

Foto: Guido Meincke

Foto: Guido Meincke

Photo: Ayla Wesse