Most researchers related to German colleagues study the role of Bremen and its organizations in the Second World War. Students are exploring the topic for East- Westarbeiters.

Adam Nilsson’s report «The Bunker Valentin Memorial Site: Honouring the Victims» was about the Bunker Valentin who built the forced labors from Eastern and Western Europe for building submarines.

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The movie by Niklas Morthorst & Lisa Gernert “Bunker Valentin and its Camp System” was about the current state of the former camp "Marine." Now, the area belongs to the military. Little is left because everything is destroyed during the bombing.

Raul Sprute highlighted the fate of children who born in the camps “A System of Murder through Neglect – Babies of Forced Laborers in Auslanderkinder Pflegestatten”. He said that children who were born in the camp were taken in special homes; if the mother did not realize  their own - they took power. In one child in such houses seemed a pint of milk and a little sugar per day. The children have only mother. Recognition of paternity of German officers or labors is unknown. Interviews with people who were born in these houses either. Almost no one survived: no heating, no water, no adherence to basic hygiene.

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Benedikt Funke showed his research about  forced laborers from France “Working under guard, then back into the dungeon – Everyday Life for French POWs in Bremen”. In one of the camps of French  workers created a monument to a few dozen square meters with pictures of their everyday life in the camp. Their everyday life is almost no different from everyday life and other employees, worked hard seven days a week. Wore work clothes and wooden shoes without socks.

Modern research based on the eponymous book and film “Look who’s back” was prepared Samer Nahas and Jan Mathis Tietjen „Er ist wieder da [“Look who’s back”]: German Humor about Hitler“ (Adolf Hitler woke up in 2011). Personal speaker’s opinion: exploring contemporary trend of young people who now pays attention mostly only funny memes, it is advisable to cover certain events of World War II in the comic and satirical genre for greater youth involvement - thus interested to learn more by reading serious literature already.

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Presentation of our compatriot Victoria Hasse and Veronica Basner “You Can’t Deny Your History – Kuhne&Nagel” highlighted the heyday of the biggest logistics Germany’s company Kune&Nagel, which was signed apex of the Third Reich to transport items, furniture and other things Jewish population in Nazi camps set off. Location and place of delivery of goods data, which were countless - is unknown. The archives are still secret, and as emphasized Veronica Basner in the archives of the answer that most documents were lost during bombing. Last year the company Kuehne & Nagel celebrated 125 years of the foundation. The city wanted to build a new office. But the feature of this company is that they still do not recognize his guilt and protyvopravnyh action against the Jewish population because local newspaper «Taz» began to collect funds for the establishment of a memorial looted houses, purchase of land in the city and even have had a competition 

the best idea of ​​the memorial sign. It tells Victoria Hasse, in the short term (less than one month) has already raised more than 26,000 euros. But the question of the formation of the memorial is open, so that local authorities have not yet conveys a place or company or initiative group.

Alexandra Belozerova is student who came to study at the University of Bremen from Kazan (Russia) presented herself work “Krupp: Repentance or Rational Choice?”. She researched how "Thyssen Krupp" which has developed its

production and strengthened its position in the international market for the production of steel and elevators, through compulsory for employees and develop the group.

The interesting research of Torben Fedderwitz and Marieke Wist “The “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” Foundation and its Compensation Payments to Former Ukrainian Forced Labourers” was about of payments to former forced labors. The German side in 2000 founded the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future", which guaranteed that every former Ostarbeiter would get on 2500 Deutsch marks, provided evidence of his forced labor. It was difficult to do, because the Soviet was not conducted proper operation on account of forced labors to return home. Many of them were sent to camps further "Gulag", the when, and archives classify. Confirmed his status affected mainly by making entries in Germany. Also, this person had to visit the archive and the Commission, which was established with Ukrainian and German representatives, but the former forced labors were already elderly. Many have not received any status and help, and who was - much less. Students stressed that now is the organization who obey his power for what it is specifically wait period when victims not able to defend their rights and to collect documents for compensation, and most of the victims are not alive.

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German’s students summed that it all - their history. They are against the concealment and what you need to know, remember and recognize all its sides to prevent similar future.

It is nice that the research "Ostarbeiters of Bilousivka" which was developed by Iuliia Drozd and pupils of Bilousivka school, it was very interesting for colleagues from the University of Bremen. So impressed was scheduled to meet at Bilousivka school during which the planned interview with Olexandra Korol (she was forced labor  in the period from 1941 to 1943 to Germany in a camp near Bremen). But, unfortunately, a month before the arrival of the German delegation, the 90-year-old Olexandra Antonivna died. Especially for the seminar were developed booklets «OSTarbeiters of Bilousivka», presented the video "Olexandra Korol’s memoris about her liberation" and reported "Ostarbeiters of Bilousivka. Olexandra Korol's memories about her deportation ". All materials presented in the English language. German’s colleagues have offered cooperation. I hope, it will be continue.

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 The seminar was also attended by President of the International Research University Sergey Stuzhuk, Dr. Valery Cherniavky (Mykolaiv Regional Museum), students, teachers and etc.