original_query: What is the historical significance of the first European School?
query: What is the historical significance of the first European School?
answer: The first European School, founded just eight years after WWII, was significant because it brought together children whose parents had fought on opposing sides of the conflict.  They were not only taught together, but also learned history and geography in foreign languages and from different perspectives.  This was seen as a step towards a 'Europe of the European Schools' replacing the 'Europe of the war cemeteries'.