After the tragic shooting in Paris on Friday the 13th of November,
one of the exchange students in Heidelberg planned a vigil on Monday the 16th
in Theaterplatz. Expecting a few hundred people, more than a thousand came to
support, according to the local newspaper.
I rarely walk by Theaterplatz, but five weeks later, for some reason, I was passing by and I noticed that the candles remained.
Not the rain, snow, nor wind removed the memorial. But to my surprise no one from the city removed them. Although the people of Europe have many differences and long complex histories of love and hate. This speaks greatly towards the solidarity between them in times of tragedy.
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