Please note: The news of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial are presented here. All news of the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Sites can be found in the Foundation's news list.

06/02/2025 News

Our dear friend Livia Fränkel has passed away

We mourn the loss of our friend, Auschwitz survivor Livia Fränkel ‘Livi’, who died in Stockholm on 31 May 2025 at the age of 97. Read more

05/27/2025 Exhibition

Stolen Memory - Exhibition at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial

From 5 to 25 June 2025, we will be showing the #StolenMemory exhibition by the Arolsen Archives about personal belongings of concentration camp prisoners. Read more

05/07/2025 Commemorative ceremony

80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Prisoners from the Neuengamme Concentration Camp

A first reflection on eventful days with many international guests, meaningful discussions and diverse acts of remembrance. Read more

04/30/2025 Commemorative ceremony

4th May 2025: Day of Diverse Remembrance

On 4 May, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial will commemorate the liberation of the prisoners 80 years ago and the end of the war with a varied programme. You are cordially invited to attend. Read more

04/29/2025

Exhibition prototype: The White Buses – One of the Largest Rescue Actions of the Second World War

After the exhibition was available to see at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial in January, an adapted version that takes visitor feedback into account will be shown. Read more

04/24/2025 Exhibition

Exhibition “New Perspectives. Multimedia Works on Danish Artists in the Neuengamme Concentration Camp”

A new exhibition at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial shows films by students at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences. They have made haunting portraits of the artists. Read more

04/22/2025 Report

Commemorating Hamburg’s satellite camp of the Neuengamme concentration camp on Spaldingstraße

A Stolperschwelle was laid in front of the A&O Hostel on Spaldingstraße 162 on 12. April, 2025 and an exhibition was unveiled. The event by the Stolperstein-Initiative Hamburg and the Italian Military Internees Project Group was in cooperation with the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centres. Read more

04/06/2025 Commemorative ceremony

A New Country Memorial Plaque at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial

The Foundation of Hamburg Memorials is set to lay a New Country Memorial Plaque during the commemoration events for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the prisoners at the Neuengamme concentration camp. A large circular memorial plate list 70 countries with their current names from which prisoners at the Neuengamme concentration camp originated. Read more

02/14/2025 Commemorative ceremony

Commemorative Events 80th Anniversary of the Liberation, Beginning of May 2025

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp and the end of World War II. Read more

01/30/2025 Event, News

Invitation: New posters for A Space to Remember

On the 4th of May, 2025, the anniversary of Neuengamme’s liberation, new posters will be presented at the "Space to Remember" at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. Are you interested in creating a remembrance poster for your relative? Read more