A humanist analysis of the election results in Saxony-Anhalt by Christiane Herrmann, a member of the Federal Executive Board of the Humanist Association of Germany.
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Humanists worldwide celebrate World Humanist Day on June 21. The HVD Federal Association is also celebrating its 30th anniversary just a few days later. In her greeting on this occasion, Christiane Herrmann, Federal Board Member of the Humanist Association of Germany, acknowledges the important role of the association and its essential humanist values.
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2022 was a challenging year: characterized by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the increasing impact of the climate crisis. We are living in times of change, in which it takes courage and commitment to consistently combine the achievements of the Enlightenment with our practical humanism. Read the greeting at the end of the year from Erwin Kress, Spokesman of the Board of the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands – Bundesverband.
Greetings at the turn of the year: Turns are made! Read More »
May 8, 1945 is considered the day on which the war in Europe and the National Socialist tyranny came to an end. In Brandenburg and Schleswig-Holstein, May 8 is now an official day of remembrance. It should be a public holiday for every anti-fascist and peace-loving person. A statement by Erwin Kress, spokesman of the board of the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands – Bundesverband.
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How do we, as humanistically minded people, deal with developments such as those we have experienced in the past year and those that are coming our way? Thoughts on the new year from the Board of the Humanist Association of Germany.
Thoughts on the new year: It should be better! Read More »
The commemoration of the Reichspogromnacht reminds us that this must never happen again. We humanists must always take a clear stance, always and everywhere stand up against anti-Semitic tendencies and structures and fight their causes. A statement by Erwin Kress, spokesman of the board of the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands – Bundesverband.
On November 9: Stand up against anti-Semitism always and everywhere! Read More »
International Safe Abortion Day on September 28 is an annual international day of action for safe, unpunished and free access to abortion. In 2021, the day of action in Germany will be held under the motto: “150 years of resistance to Section 218 StGB – enough is enough!”
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Environmental and climate protection are deeply humanistic issues: The protection of human rights is inextricably linked to whether our world is still worth living in in the future. So why not make today World Humanist Day an environmental and climate protection day? An appeal.
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Our history, the remembrance of Germany’s Nazi past, means a special responsibility for our actions in the present. We must not just pay lip service to this. A statement by Erwin Kress, spokesman of the board of the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands – Bundesverband, on today’s Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism.
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On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What is the status of these rights today, 72 years later? And how can we make them a reality for all of humanity? A statement on today’s Human Rights Day by Erwin Kress, Spokesman of the Board of the Humanist Association of Germany – Federal Association.
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