{"id":1681,"date":"2024-10-12T21:52:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T19:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mskveraendern.de\/we-mourn-the-passing-of-mechthild-schreiber-the-honorary-chairwoman-of-our-association\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T21:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T19:52:49","slug":"we-mourn-the-passing-of-mechthild-schreiber-the-honorary-chairwoman-of-our-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mskveraendern.de\/en\/we-mourn-the-passing-of-mechthild-schreiber-the-honorary-chairwoman-of-our-association\/","title":{"rendered":"We mourn the passing of Mechthild Schreiber, the honorary chairwoman of our association."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mechthild Schreiber was very closely associated with our association from the very beginning, even though she was not among the founding members.<\/p>\n

At the general meeting on 2015-03-27, she was formally admitted as a member, and at the general meeting on 2017-03-27, she was elected to the association’s board. She then served on the board without interruption until the general meeting on 2024-04-13, where she was unanimously elected honorary chairwoman of the association. <\/p>\n

Among her many important contributions to our association, I would like to mention just a few of her most recent ones: For the celebration of the 20th anniversary of our first “Call for a Change in the Security Conference”<\/em> in April 2024, she played a significant role in the preparation and also moderated the event. Most recently, in July 2024, we were able to meet at her home for a pleasant evening of political discussions on her terrace. A few days ago, Mechthild passed away at the age of 94 \u2013 quite suddenly and unexpectedly for us. <\/p>\n

Mechthild was \u2013 with her sociology studies and her intensive engagement with women’s research and feminism \u2013 a clever and widely informed woman. We lose a very credible pacifist, a courageous and upright fighter for the cause of peace. Her dedicated contributions will be greatly missed! <\/p>\n

In February 2021, Mechthild wrote in one of her regular contributions to our annual project newspaper \u2013 which she had also very credibly presented in a conversation with MSC Conference Director W. Ischinger:
\n“I know what war means, as I experienced it painfully as a child: the wailing of sirens that tore us from our sleep, the thunder of the FLAK, the anti-aircraft guns, the anxious hours in the cellar during air raids: will it hit us this time? Or will we still escape? The incendiary bombs that one night actually destroyed our apartment in Berlin, the familiar home of my childhood; the loss of my father, who never returned from a trip to our pastor, and whose abduction and death in a Polish prisoner-of-war camp my mother<\/em> and I only learned about two years later… For many years, the people said: ‘Never again war!’ And today it can only mean: ‘Si vis pacem para pacem!’ If you want peace, prepare for peace!”<\/em> <\/p>\n

Further information on Mechthild’s life and commitment can be found via the following links:<\/p>\n

In memoriam Mechthild Schreiber, Peace Activist<\/a><\/p>\n

forumZFD – Farewell to a Peace Fighter<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen persistently<\/a><\/p>\n

Cultural regulars’ table with Mechthild Schreiber<\/a><\/p>\n

The members of the “Changing the Munich Security Conference” Project Group e.V.<\/em> will always fondly remember their long-standing chairwoman and honorary chairwoman Mechthild Schreiber.<\/p>\n

Mechthild, we will miss you!<\/p>\n

Munich, 2024-10-11<\/p>\n

Thomas Mohr
\nChairman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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