Create a Place of Culture and Reconciliation

Volunteers will maintain the former prison barracks, clean invasive vegetation, improve rest areas, paint fences and benches, and upkeep hiking trails in Rabštejn Valley. In case of rain, tasks will include cleaning city sites like the funeral chapel and the Culture House for a major in the future. Appropriate clothing and footwear to work are required. The work is moderately demanding, with tasks adaptable to participants abilities.

Volunteers will be accommodated in the town’s tourist hostel. There will be rooms with beds, an upstairs common room and an equipped kitchen with fridge, stove, oven and microwave. On each floor, there are 2 bathrooms with showers, toilets and a washing machine. Wifi is available. Volunteers will cook for themselves from the provided ingredients and eat in the common room or outside.

Location: The workcamp will be held in the town of Ceska Kamenice which is located in the north of Bohemia on the borderline of three protected landscape areas. The nearest one is Bohemian Switzerland National Park just on the outskirts of the town. The village has approximately 5,100 inhabitants . The city centre consists of a well-preserved urban heritage zone with several cultural monuments. For these reasons, the town is a natural centre of tourism. There are shops, a pharmacy, an ATM and several cafés and restaurants. The phone reception in the town is good. In the nearby Rabstejn Valley lie the ruins of the former concentration camp the phone reception might be weak. Leisure time: Volunteers can go on a trip to the surrounding areas. There are three protected landscape areas, Czech Swiss National Park, and many other cultural monuments. There is also a swimming pool, a sports complex (ball games and outdoor tennis/badminton courts), a water park and Via Ferrata in Decin, a slackline, etc. Feel free to bring your musical instruments. Study part: Upon arrival, volunteers will be personally welcomed by the Mayor of Česká Kamenice, followed by a city walk and a guided English tour of the main historical site. At the beginning or end of the workcamp (depending on the date), a meeting will be organized with students from Česká Kamenice High School, German high school students from nearby Sebnitz, and students from the English College of Prague, as well as World War II survivors, historians, and experts. These events will include lectures, oral history interviews, discussions, and excursions.