“One day, my shoes broke [shoes with wooden soles] and I had to work barefoot in the snow for three days, because it happened in December.”

Michel Van Ausloos, Belgium, undated report

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Reduced bus services to the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial

Due to the conversion of the Neuengammer Hausdeich/Heinrich-Stubbe-Weg junction into a roundabout, bus routes 127, 227, 327, 328 and 428 will be partially diverted via a longer route in the…

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Eine weißhaarige Frau mit einem dunklen Cape und rotem Pullover steht am denk.mal Hannoverscher Bahnhof vor einem Steinfeld

Obituary for Frieda Larsen (née Lehing)

With deep affection and gratitude, we mourn the passing of Frieda Larsen (January 7, 1933–September 27, 2026).

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Graphic Novel Exhibition at the Stadthaus Remembrance Site

From September 30 to November 27, 2026, the Stadthaus Remembrance Site will present the exhibition “Drawing the Unimaginable / Picturing the Unimaginable” in a new, more mobile format.

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Josefa, Jack und Arina stehen auf dem Gelände der Gedenkstätte vor einem Feld

We are welcoming our new volunteers

We are delighted that three young volunteers are once again helping us with our work this year. Here they introduce themselves.

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11th “Future of Remembrance” Forum 2026 Descendants in Remembrance Culture and Educational Work

On November 11 and 12, 2026, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial will once again invite relatives of those persecuted by the Nazis, descendants of Nazi perpetrators, those interested in the…

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