17 June 2025, Hesse, Gießen: Hesse's Minister of Education, Armin Schwarz (CDU, 2nd from left), and former German President Joachim Gauck (3rd from left), together with former Hessian Minister President Volker Bouffier (left), State Parliament President Astrid Wallmann (CDU, 2nd from right) and Giessen's Mayor Frank-Tilo Becher (SPD), view the newly opened Giessen Reception Center Learning and Remembrance Site. The former emergency reception camp was the central contact point for almost one million refugees from the GDR. In the new memorial, interested visitors can learn about the history of the division of Germany and the SED dictatorship. Photo: Christian Lademann/dpa