Le musée rénové et agrandi d'Albert Schweitzer à Gunsbach

Why is Albert Schweitzer still so relevant? He just had a statue in Strasbourg, his museum here in Ginzburg has been completely renovated and turned into a museum, and we're going to follow in his footsteps with pictures by Jérôme Gosset. In his childhood village of Ginzburg, Dr. von Lambaréné built a house in 1928, which now serves as a museum, and was recently turned into a museum with a modern part. After the difficult period of confinement, visitors are now back and discover new exhibition spaces, like the one in the hospital Albert Schweitzer founded in Gabun. We have the archives in this house, and we also have small drawers here that you can open with very original instruments. Visitors like to come here, to admire many sounds, Because he came from the village, he did a lot more than many others. He had a lot of ideas, and I admire him. I met him when I was very young, when he came to the Gymnasium Sturm. All the classes were here, and he told us about his life in Lambaréné. Many people in the German Epoche also know a lot about him, and cry deeply in honour of him. That he worked as a builder, as a doctor, as a musician, as a scientist, and as a peace researcher, that is so fantastic, when someone can combine all of this in his own person, that is fantastic. In the old part of the museum, the office of Albert Schweitzer is unchanged, with a short film in which he talks to Elsa. Everything is exciting for a visitor who has only known one aspect of his life. The teachers told us about Dr. Schweitzer, Lambaréné, the hospital. I have always heard about him as a doctor, but never as a humanist. I have learned a lot in this house. The former kitchen has been restored again. Other small rooms present the youth of Switzerland, his studies, theology and later medicine, and his wife, Helene Breslau. And the clavier with organ pedals, which he took the organist to Africa with him. It was made of very hard wood, it's called maragony, so that the little termites, the worms, can't get into the wood. We screwed each key because of the humidity in Gabon. The Strasbourg group likes to be surprised like this. There were 28 marauders with us. Today, it proves that the Swiss have a certain importance for them. In 1952, he received the Nobel Peace Prize and many famous people, including the Queen of England, the Dalai Lama, Josephine Baker, Nehru, Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Abibier, met him or honoured him as early visitors. The thought of the Swiss and the honour of the Lama is still so relevant. We have to start small. We were happy to have many students. We had Swiss, we had Dutch and also people from Korea. We also had the impression that it was highly interesting for people who can start something with thinking people. A room with a view of the bookshelves and those who also use real food can strengthen themselves a few hundred metres further in the former prison. And now we give the floor to Serge Eggert. He is a baker and poet and lives in Bischwiller. And we are looking forward to his freshness. I am Serge Eggert from Bischwiller. I am a baker by profession and I manage Concote Poesie. What do you like best in your job? I like to bake. Are you fresh or fragile? In Bischwiller we are fresh, but it doesn't help to be fresh. With or without? With a sauna. What do you like to do? Around my work. Just a little reading. Musical. What is the most beautiful thing in Alsace? Olive trees. Do you have a favourite flavour? Yes, coffee. Do you have a swear word? Horn ox. Do you have a favourite word in Alsatian? Flower. Why? Because I like flowers. Wouldn't Alsace be Alsace without? Without the stories, without Alsatian, without religion. Do you believe in God? Yes. I am not afraid to say that. Will you take us on holiday? Unfortunately not. What do you not trust in Alsace? People who complain all the time and who are never satisfied. What are you afraid of? My wife. What? Short or long? Very long. It takes longer. Life. What else do you want to say? Much love and peace in the world.