Love is stronger than death: commemorative service in Duisburg
Ecumenical funeral and memorial service at the Salvator Church and MSV-Football Stadium - Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft promises fast and relatives non-bureaucratic help: "You are not alone!"
By Andreas Klamm-Sabaot.
Duisburg. 1. August 2010. A week after one of the worst disasters in the history of North Rhine-Westphalia and in the post-war history of the city of Duisburg on Saturday (July 31, 2010) nearly 550 people came together in the Salvator Church in Duisburg to hold a funeral and memorial service for the 21 slain young people (18 to 38), for the more than 500 injured people and the large number of traumatized people, including even use private forces and helpers on Saturday a week ago after the accident, people were trying to revive. At the ecumenical funeral and memorial service were relatives of the killed and injured people and high state and government guests, as Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft (SPD, North Rhine-Westphalia), Federal President Dr. Christian Wulff, Bundestag President Dr . Norbert Lammert (CDU), Sigmar Gabriel (SPD), Federal Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Dr. Guido Westerwelle (FDP) and Jürgen Trittin (Alliance 90/The Greens). The city of Duisburg was represented by the city director Dr. Peter Greulich.
A week ago, in the series were a mass panic at the techno music festival Love Parade in Duisburg killed 21 people and injured more than 500 people. At least 25 people are sometimes with serious injuries or in hospitals. have spoken before the start of the memorial and funeral-worship is the Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel already with some relatives of people killed.
same time as the main worship in the Salvator Church many other services were held in other churches, communities and with several hundred participants in the football stadium of the MSV Duisburg. The stadium was a big black wooden cross to set fire to see the 21 candles in memory of the killed people were.
The condolence books, candles and floral decorations from the tunnel where the disaster occurred, were brought to the Saviour's Church of rescue teams. In the Saviour's Church, just 21 candles were lit in memory of the killed people. The funeral and memorial service was organized ecumenical. The Essen Bishop Dr. Franz-Josef Overbeck (Catholic) and the president of the Evangelical Church in Rhineland, Nikolaus Schneider launched the service in the church.
The governmental head of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft (SPD) held at the end of the meeting in the church a moving funeral speech in which those relatives of people killed and injured people has promised: "You are not alone ". It should be made immediate aid and it should do everything possible to make an explanation of the events that could lead to this severe disaster possible. In and after her speech was also the top politician and Prime Minister Hanna force their Mourning and the tears do not hide. The politician had to cry, perhaps with the reminder that her son was at the Love Parade, but thank God, was allowed to survive. Hannelore Kraft also said "in the face of death is hard to find words.". The lives of young people has been cruelly and abruptly terminated. These young people had been taken from their "hopes and dreams of their future plans, family and friends circles. They had their whole future ahead of him. ". A lot of people living empfänden now the impotence, "because they do not have help.". Many people are traumatized in the face of terrible memories. Shaken were also millions of people who have become witnesses of the disaster through the media. "You all, and not least to ourselves we owe it to clear up what happened and completely incomprehensible. The man, his welfare and safety must again be the most important guideline for our actions, above all other motives. "Added Hannah force. The Prime Minister thanked the emergency services and all those people who have made selfless "silent support".
Church President Nicholas Schneider said in his sermon: "The Love Parade became a dance of death, dear brethren. Into the midst of exuberant joy in a celebration of life, the Death showed us all his terrible face. Grief and despair, helplessness and anger keep us trapped like chains. Horrific images occupy our thoughts and feelings: Young people who are fighting desperately for their lives, give bewildered people of their sadness and rage, unfiltered expression; shook helpers, police officers who themselves need help and encouragement, but also adults who petrified push responsibility away from you.
We all struggle to maintain composure and looking for solace, for understanding and comprehension. Our confidence in God's justice and love is showing cracks. "God has forgotten to be gracious, his mercy in anger or closed?" (Ps. 77, 10). Why did 21 young people die so suddenly, but only wanted to express their joy of life, why did God allow it? And what God requires accountability from those who bear responsibility for the accident? The Love Parade became a dance of death. But our faith in God and our courage we will not disclose why, dear brethren. We argue: Stronger than death is love! The rule is: Stronger than death is love from us humans to each other.
Death can not extinguish our love for the people we have lost. But our love finding new ways and new forms. Flowers and candles are included. We can not our deceased more physically feel. We can not laugh and cry together with them and argue and reconcile us. But we carry in our hearts and in our thoughts. Our tears and our grief is a bond of love that connects us with our dead. Our bands love to break the power of death: to listen, to embrace the comforting words, emergency care and the care of rescue workers, and the spontaneous help of strangers. This remains valid. And: Stronger than Death is God's love!
Our faith in God is no insurance against experiences of suffering and death. But we can trust God's love-full presence at all our ways is promised. Our faith in God saved us with pain and tears, not even doubt. But our faith gives us the assurance that God sympathizes our pain and is one of our tears. God's justice is reflected in the life of the people is not that good but good things happen to people. Our faith in God gives us no clear answers to our questions about the "why". But our faith trusts that God's justice that we are witnessing only incomplete and inconsistent in his future kingdom finally be perfect and all people will see and experience.
for A and for all and in a man all the people God has revealed to us through Jesus Christ, our terrible experience with death, even our own death is not the last word about us and our lives. Jesus' cross and his resurrection promise: The life that God gives us is stronger than death. Our death on earth is also the open door to a new life in God's kingdom. Therefore, we can also say: Our dead are not dead Dance of the Dead converts into a large hard indestructible life.
also remains valid. Depend upon it, even today. Here in Duisburg and everywhere apply the promise of the Psalmist: "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, and helps those that a contrite spirit. "(Ps. 34, 19) have. , Amen. "
The Catholic Bishop Dr. Franz-Josef Overbeck reminded the people about it:" God is love, "the bishop added: The love remains. "It remains, they are also connects people to each other and with God over death."
to the people in mourning not only people who are born in the Christian faith are. For lunch and dinner were held several funeral marches and rally. The grieving people were 21 black balloons for the people killed and a number of white balloons into the sky as a symbol to rise for the injured people.
The Protestant and Catholic church continue to provide for traumatized people around the Clock on the phone help. The telephone numbers of telephone counseling, day and night can be reached as follows: Telephone 0800 111 0111 or telephone 0800 111 0 222nd
The city of Duisburg and the police also have special phone number set up to reach are looking for people who need help.
hotline for traumatized participants, police Duisburg, Tel 0201 82 98 091
hotline for relatives of victims, police Duisburg, Tel 0203 94 000
Hotline for emergency services and other operational staff: Tel 0203 578 90 108
email: Betreungsangebot . Loveparade@polizei.nrw.de
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