Selected Events 2006

Monika Waldheim, Director of Erfurt Public Library, and Mark D. Scheland, Consul General

May 18, 2006
Consul General Mark Scheland inaugurated the America@your library partnership with the Erfurt public library in the presence of state chancery and city officials, 50 invited guests and a representative from U.S. Forces Europe, the initiator of book donations to Erfurt libraries and schools from the now closed U.S. Rhein-Main air base. As part of the program, the Consul General explained to a group of high school students the work that consulates and diplomats do, and fielded questions on U.S. policy, while the Consulate's cultural exchange assistant Birgit Kämmer outlined bilateral exchange programs with another group of about 30 students. In her speech, Library Director Monika Waldheim credited Consulate General Leipzig and U.S. Embassy Berlin for their ongoing support. Regional newspaper covered the event, quoting Mark Scheland, “We want the Germans to understand our policies.”