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The docu center Ramstein will open a new exhibition today. “Mein Ami,” or My American, will be part of the festivities sponsored by the state government and U.S. Air Forces in Europe to celebrate 60 years of U.S. Air Force in Rheinland-Pfalz.
Officially, the first U.S. airplanes landed on Ramstein Air Base in 1952. Ever since the early 1950s, the U.S. military and Rheinland-Pfalz citizens have been living together — a life with ups and downs. There are a lot of stories to tell from these six decades.
The docu center, which gathers, processes and communicates the history of Americans in Rheinland-Pfalz, has asked, in cooperation with the German newspaper Die Rheinpfalz, people to provide their own personal memories and stories about “their Americans.” The vast amount of letters documents the high interest in this subject.
A very personal display has been created, which should lure many interested visitors to experience history and read about it. Some of the stories that were sent in have been collected in a publication.
Minister President of Rheinland-Pfalz Kurt Beck will officially open the display at 5:30 today at the former Gloria Kino (movie theater) on Ottostrasse, which is the designated location of a newly built docu center. The actual exhibition can be seen in the Museum im Westrich on Miesenbacher Strasse 1.
A German-American anniversary concert will be given at 8 p.m. at the Haus des Bürgers. In the foyer, docu center officials will present historical photos to show the history of the air base.
The exhibition hours in the museum are from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:30 to
4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. On Thursday, the museum is open until 6 p.m.
For details, visit www.dc-ramstein.de.
(Courtesy of docu center Ramstein)
