Children of forced labourers in Alfter: A pebble now reminds us of a dead baby

For a year there has been a memorial stele in Alfter for victims of the Nazis. In the meantime, the stele has been expanded by a pebble. Behind it is the will not to let a terrible crime be forgotten.

In the racist line of the Trump administration, the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, wants, to replace the foreign labour force, to have minors work from the age of 14. It is an opportunity to take stock of the exploitation of children: Today, it is estimated that 160 million children are victims of forced labour around the world. An increasing number that has catastrophic impacts on the psychological and physical integrity of children. Across…