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Escape room game as a learning and meeting space

22. October 2025Education and culture

Educational series starts with escape room experience on Jewish life

Kick-off event for the VHS education series on 30 October at LernWerk // Keynote speech by educator Christel Schrieverhoff // Escape room game as a learning and meeting space

With "Fixing the Boat - Finding Identity", the Bocholt-Rhede-Isselburg Adult Education Centre is launching a special educational series at the LernWerk on Thursday, 30 October 2025. The evening combines knowledge transfer and interaction - and makes Jewish life, identity and belonging tangible in an impressive way.

At the centre of the event is a keynote speech by educationalist Christel Schrieverhoff from Dorsten, recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit. With vivid examples and practical impulses, she will shed light on central questions of social coexistence: What does it mean to be part of a diverse society? How do people with a Jewish identity experience their lives today - in the context of historical experiences and current social developments? It also addresses the current situation in the Middle East and thus promotes a differentiated understanding of identity and belonging.

The interactive learning format "Fixing the Boat - Finding Identity" goes beyond a classic escape game. It creates space for a change of perspective, empathy and an examination of democratic values. The aim is to raise participants' awareness and promote respectful dialogue in a diverse society.

The event is aimed at all interested parties - especially teachers, educational professionals, those involved in youth and educational work as well as citizens who are committed to diversity and social cohesion.

The educational series is a cooperation between the VHS Bocholt-Rhede-Isselburg and the municipal integration centre, the regional school counselling centre of the Borken district, the AWO youth migration service sub-district of Recklinghausen, the integration agency Caritas Borken, the DRK integration agency Borken, the Junge Uni Bocholt and the integration council of the city of Bocholt.

Registration is requested for organisational reasons. Information and registration are available at the VHS office in Bocholt, Industriestraße 1, at the Rhede and Isselburg branches and online at www.vhs-bocholt.de.