Secretary General of WEA invites singers from Allendorf to Holocaust memorial event at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem
On this occasion, representatives of the Alliance, an association of 600 million Christians worldwide, laid two wreaths at the memorial site in Jerusalem. Israelis present at the memorial service had asked the two Central Hessians to sing the song the next day sing the song again the next day at another memorial service of a Jewish group. They gladly accepted this invitation.
The program of the six-day trip to the Holy Land also included a reception by Israeli President Yitzchak Herzog. This was touched by Fietz’s commitment. “The trip was a moving moment for me, one of my highlights in life,” the 75-year-old summarizes his impressions. “Hitler and his henchmen did terrible things and 80 years ago at the Wannsee Conference they decided to extermination of the Jews,” said Siegfried Fietz. He was pleased that 80 years later he could contribute to reconciliation with his songs contribute to reconciliation.