The Israeli students' visit was the first to this school since October 2022. Welcoming them, District Administrator Allgaier said: "I am delighted to welcome another group of Israeli students to our district today. Especially in times like these, personal encounters take on a special significance. Every meeting of young people across borders is a strong sign of peace and understanding." The pupils and accompanying teachers signed the district's guest book, watched a film about the district and received a small gift from the district.
Other items on the program of the twelve-day visit include a visit to the Pädagogisch Kulturelles Centrums Ehemalige Synagoge Freudental (PKC), an excursion to Worms, trips to Vaihingen/Enz with a visit to the concentration camp memorial and to the treetop path in Bad Wildbad. The Israeli pupils are accommodated in host families during their stay.
Five partner schools as a sign of the long-standing friendship with Israel
The district of Ludwigsburg has maintained a friendship with the Upper Galilee for more than 40 years, which led to an official partnership in 1997. A total of five schools from the Ludwigsburg district have partnerships with schools from the Upper Galilee. The partnership between Robert-Bosch-Gymnasium Gerlingen and Har VaGai Regional High School has existed since 1997, and since then school visits to Israel and Germany have taken place at regular intervals.
