{"id":47245,"date":"2025-01-10T08:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T07:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pointalpha.com\/?p=47245"},"modified":"2025-01-10T08:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T07:42:13","slug":"trauer-um-dr-volker-sklenar-freund-und-unterstuetzer-von-point-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pointalpha.com\/en\/trauer-um-dr-volker-sklenar-freund-und-unterstuetzer-von-point-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"Trauer um Dr. Volker Sklenar &#8211;  Freund und Unterst\u00fctzer von Point Alpha"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Lesezeit: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">Minute<\/span><\/span>[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47246 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pointalpha.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/Minister_Dr_Volker_Sklenar-sw-217x300.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pointalpha.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/Minister_Dr_Volker_Sklenar-sw-217x300.jpg.webp 217w, https:\/\/www.pointalpha.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/Minister_Dr_Volker_Sklenar-sw-739x1024.jpg.webp 739w, https:\/\/www.pointalpha.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/Minister_Dr_Volker_Sklenar-sw-768x1064.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.pointalpha.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/Minister_Dr_Volker_Sklenar-sw-1109x1536.jpg.webp 1109w, https:\/\/www.pointalpha.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/Minister_Dr_Volker_Sklenar-sw-1479x2048.jpg.webp 1479w, https:\/\/www.pointalpha.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/Minister_Dr_Volker_Sklenar-sw.jpg.webp 1535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mit Dr. Volker Sklenar verliert Point Alpha einen seiner treuesten und verl\u00e4sslichsten Freunde und Unterst\u00fctzer. Th\u00fcringens ehemaliger Landwirtschafts- und Umweltminister ist am Dienstag im Alter von 80 Jahren gestorben. Mit Gr\u00fcndung des Tr\u00e4gervereins Grenzmuseum Rh\u00f6n Point Alpha e.V. und damit der Gedenkst\u00e4tte vor nunmehr 30 Jahren hat er auf unterschiedlichster Weise mitgeholfen, dass dieses einzigartige Projekt zu dem wurde, was es heute ist. Sklenar hatte im ehemaligen US-Camp die ersten gro\u00dfen Ausstellungen initiiert und er\u00f6ffnet, war hier immer wieder zu unterschiedlichsten Gelegenheiten engagierter Redner. \u201eEr hat als zust\u00e4ndiger Minister gegen mancherlei Widerst\u00e4nde und Anfeindungen durchgesetzt, dass das Haus auf der Grenze in dieser Form mit der sogenannten \u201eMustergrenze\u201c gebaut werden durfte\u201c, blickt Raymond Walk, Vorsitzender des F\u00f6rdervereins Point Alpha e.V. zur\u00fcck. Und gemeinsam mit seinem Staatssekret\u00e4r Stefan Baldus sorgte er schlie\u00dflich auch daf\u00fcr, dass die Idee des \u201eWegs der Hoffnung\u201c Wirklichkeit werden konnte. Volker Sklenar war es auch, der sich in den Landesregierungen von Bernhard Vogel und Dieter Althaus mit Blick auf die 40-j\u00e4hrige SED-Diktatur nachdr\u00fccklich, mutig und kraftvoll f\u00fcr die Entwicklung einer tiefgreifenden Erinnerungskultur stark machte \u2013 wichtige Voraussetzungen schlie\u00dflich f\u00fcr die Gr\u00fcndung der Point Alpha Stiftung und vor allem ihrer Akademie. \u201eVor allem die tiefgreifende wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit der schrecklichen Zeit der deutschen Teilung, insbesondere des perfiden Grenzregimes, war ihm ein wichtiges Anliegen\u201c, erg\u00e4nz Benedikt Stock, Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrender Vorstand der Point Alpha Stiftung. Sklenar blieb Point Alpha bis zuletzt verbunden. Stiftung und F\u00f6rderverein sind Dr. Sklenar zu gro\u00dfem Dank verpflichtet und werden sein Andenken in Ehren halten. 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