Secondary school students receive certificate TeenzCollege
In January of this year, 39 secondary school students from one German secondary school and five Dutch secondary schools in Limburg started TeenzCollege. This programme is designed for students in the fourth year of VWO who are interested in World War 2 and would like to take on an extra challenge.On the 28th of March, the students presented their research results during a poster presentation. Afterwards they attended a festive official ceremony to which their parents, instructors and tutors were also invited, where they received a certificate from Rector Rianne Letschert.
This year, the students focussed on the Struikelsteentjes project. Struikelsteentjes (which translates to ‘little tripping tiles’ in English) are small, square commemorative tiles placed to remind us of the victims of World War 2. During the war, approximately 350 inhabitants of Maastricht were deported and killed by the Nazi regime. The Struikelsteentjes committee would like to commemorate them by placing a tile for each person that was deported.
The theme was highlighted from different angles at each of the seven lectures. At the School of Business Economics, students learned more about the economic crisis that preceded the war. The lecture at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences zoomed in on the anti-Jewish propaganda policy, and prof. Klip from the Faculty of Law gave a lecture on the punishments for war criminals.
A photo impression of the poster presentation and the festive ceremony.
The students presented their research results during a poster presentation.
This year, the students focussed on the Struikelsteentjes project.
Parents, instructors and tutors also attended the poster presentation and ceremony.
Rector Rianne Letschert handed out the certificates at an official ceremony.
Rector Rianne Letschert with one of the 39 students.
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