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Today we visited the Mémorial ACTe in Point a Pitre. There we learned a lot about the civilization of the Antilles…
Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing people to own other people as property.  Slavery  has existed in many cultures and to exist before written history, in many cultures. A person could become enslaved from the time of their birth, capture, or purchase. The horror of transatlantic slave trade can be understood through one person’s story or its sheer magnitude: over the course of more than 350 years, slave traders boarded 12.5 million Africans onto ships destined for the Americas.
In order to establish itself for example Spain had to fight against the relatively powerful civilizations of the New World. The Spanish conquest of the indigenous peoples. The Spanish colonies were the first Europeans to use African slaves in the New World on islands such as Cuba and Hispaniola. The first African slaves arrived in Hispaniola in 1501. England played a prominent role in the Atlantic slave trade. Campaigners in Great Britain succeeded in outlawing their slave trade in 1807.  1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which declared freedom from slavery is an internationally recognized human right. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

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Today we visited the ACTE Memorial in Pointe a Pitre.
It was very impressive.
The history of slavery and colonization summarized and in complete context. Unfortunately, we Europeans have the largest share in this dark history.
So it is all the more important to teach our students that there are more similarities than differences between nationalities and more advantages than disadvantages in a united Europe.
It is hard to see today how nationalist tendencies are gaining ground and nationalities are beginning to seal themselves off.
We must make an effort and work together to reach young people.
At lunch we used our newly acquired knowledge of French. Everyone got the food they wanted :D.

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It is sad, that a man coming from Europe caused so much harm to the Native People of Gudeloupe. We should be happy, that we already have had it behind us and together we create the culture and the tradition, we can complement each other.

„Liberté, égalité, fraternité”

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As I studied French and Spanish cultures at University, I had already some knowledge about the conquest of America and the slavery. It was very special for me to brush up this knowledge while being at a place where all of this had happened. It was the first time I could really relate the information to the world I live in.
It made me think a lot about our actual situation in Europe with refugees coming from different countries. Their cultures are so different from each other and there are some racist tendencies showing up between them. In our school, unfortunately, we also can see that some German students from lower social classes are "happy" to see that there are refugees which are poorer than themselves, so they start laughing at them and there is a lot of fighting sometimes. We unfortunately have a lot of problems with that - we really need to focus more and more on how to make our students see and believe that all people, wherever they come from, are equal.

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Today was a very reflective day. I've heard about slavery, but it always seemed to be somewhere far away, but this is the story of people living here, people whose generation I pass by walking the streets of Gudeloupe ... how was it possible that a man was so cruel to another man? Or are we still...?

“The challenge of ‘living together’ in our multicultural societies implies recognition of each person’s history and memory, and at the same time the sharing of a common heritage, in order to transcend past tragedies” Moussa Iye, UNESCO Chief of Intercultural Dialogue Section.

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Session 2

Multiculturalism

This morning we went to visit the Memorial ACTe a Point-à-Pitre.

The Memorial ACTe is very important museum in Guadalupa because it is dedicated to the memory and history af slavers trade.

We saw through images, objects, videos, audio guides the inhuman conditions in which the slaves lived.

These men were exploited only for economic purposes of the so-called civilized nations. Fortunately, these forms of slavery have been abolished.

Later we went to the local market that I liked so much because there were many spices and typical products.

The saleswomen dressed in colourful traditional clothes were friendly and invited us to see their products.

“No one is free until we are all free”( M.L.King)

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Session 2 - Michael 
It’s not that I didn’t know it before but it has become obvious again that slavery is a crime that had been going on for centuries (and still does in a modified way) based on greed, the lust for power and an unfortunate belief in racial, cultural and religious supremacy.

Again, the consequence for us must be that we try and spread the idea of diversity without supremacy of any one nation, culture or religion. Feeling superior so far has always led directly into historical disasters.

With that said we observe with growing concern nationalistic tendencies in many European countries but also in other parts of the world, last but not least in the US.

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Session 2 - Michael 
It’s not that I didn’t know it before but it has become obvious again that slavery is a crime that had been going on for centuries (and still does in a modified way) based on greed, the lust for power and an unfortunate belief in racial, cultural and religious supremacy.

Again, the consequence for us must be that we try and spread the idea of diversity without supremacy of any one nation, culture or religion. Feeling superior so far has always led directly into historical disasters.

With that said we observe with growing concern nationalistic tendencies in many European countries but also in other parts of the world, last but not least in the US.

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Today I’ve learnt a lot abut the origins of slavery in the Caribbean.
Those islands and lands that nowadays look like uncontaminated paradises actually hold memories of a tragic past.
The colorful mixture of ethnicities, skins and cultures isn’t devoid of problems. Even today, after decades of formal emancipation from slavery, black people struggle for integration.
Other cases of racial discrimitations, tortures and enslavements have come to my mind which are more familiar to our European civilization: the Jewish Holocaust, the “Foibe” in Italy, the Armenian Genocide, the 21st migration phenomenon in Europe. Modern-day slavery and human trafficking are recognized as international crises and it’s difficult to foresee any solutions.
B. M. sang “Won’t you help to sing/ These songs of freedom? ‘Cause all I ever have: Redemption songs”
Sad thoughts were replaced by happy moments at the market greeting many unknown people with “bonjour” and practicing French.