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“… this is hell; it’s going to be purgatory, hell. I’m dead, but when did I die?”

Suitcase of the Letterie family with the portrait of Martinus Letterie

My Grandfather's Suitcase

Today, Martine Letterie donated an object of great significance to her family's history to the archives of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial: When Martinus Letterie was deported to the…

portrait photo in black and white of Czesław Drozdzyniak in a suit

Personal Item Belonging to a Victim of Nazi Persecution Returns

On Saturday, a special handover took place at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial: the ring belonging to former Neuengamme concentration camp prisoner Czesław Drozdzyniak was returned to his…

Three young women pose for a photo. Behind them you can see the stone formations which represent the former barracks and a brick building.

Three new volunteers at the memorial

Since September, three volunteers have been supporting us at the foundation: Emma, Margalit (both Action Reconciliation Service for Peace) and Jette (Voluntary Social Year for Culture, FSJ). They will…

Publication "Repression politics and deportation practices in occupied France 1940-1944"

New publication on the deportations from France to the Neuengamme concentration camp

The eleventh volume of the Neuengammer Kolloquien is titled “Repression politics and deportation practices in occupied France 1940-1944. Participants, perceptions of an enemy, persecuted groups.” In…