Dear Brothers and Sisters,
we are happy to invite you to the Peace Road 2022 in Berlin from the 26th till the 29th of July.
“Peace Road 2022” will be held on the anniversary day of the Armistice that settled the division of the Korean Peninsula (July 27, 1953) and commemorate the tenth year of the launch of the global Peace Road movement.
We will hold an international conference on July 26th at the University on the theme “Prospects for Peace in Ukraine – Hard lessons from a divided Korea”. We only have limited space for this event and therefore invite especially the national representatives of YSP, UPF and WFWP.
The Peace Rally will be held on July 27th in front of the Brandenburg Gate, at 10:00 o´clock CET on the theme: “Don’t Let Ukraine Become Another Korea – No New Walls in Europe!”. Everybody is welcomed to attend this rally. From the Brandenburg Gate we will march to the German Parliament and afterwards start a 12km Peace Road bicycle tour and two Peace Road boat cruises through Berlin.
On the 28th we offer two different 1-day excursions: Wittenberg and Potsdam. Wittenberg is the town where Martin Luther lived and worked as a professor, and where he started the Protestant Reformation in 1517 by posting the Ninety-five Theses at the door of All Saints’ Church. Potsdam offers history and royal pomp, Cecilienhof Palace, Sanssouci Palace and gardens, but also Cold War border bridge and Dutch Quarter.
Please register as soon as possible. This will help us very much in organizing the different events.
We have held the successful Rally against the Berlin Wall together with Hyo Jin Nim 35 years ago. Now we are asked again to raise our voices to stop the war in Europe and for a peaceful unification of the Korean Peninsula.
We will keep you informed about possible changes of the programme. We look very much forward to meet you in Berlin this July.
Dieter and Ana Schmidt
National President FFWPU Germany