What motivates a man of over 60, from Eastern Ukraine, to travel to Northern Germany for his first trip abroad? Read more

Traffic disturbances may affect the possibility to travel to the Memorial on Sunday, September 3, 2017 between 12 and 3 pm, due to a large event in Neuengamme. We expect road closures and the cancellation of some bus lines. After 3 pm, arrival should be possible again without issue. Read more

Due to maintenance works on the building which houses the main exhibition, the wheelchair access ramps will not be in place until mid-September. If you need wheelchair or limited mobility access to the exhibition, please let us know in advance, either by phone or e-mail, and we will make the necessary arrangements. We apologise for any inconvenience. Read more

The Neuengamme Concentration Camp memorial organizes an international workcamp which will take place from August 26 to September 9, 2017. This year the participants will work about descendants of former prisoners as well as former perpetrators. Read more

A small exhibition with pictures from Atelier Freistil was opened yesterday in the cafeteria of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial Read more

Henryk Francuz died last week in Tel Aviv. He was born in 1925 in Łódź, Poland, survived the concentration camps Auschwitz and Fürstengrube, as well as the death march to Schleswig-Holstein via the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp. He is one of the few survivors of the bombing attack on the ships in the Bay of Lübeck on May 3, 1945, which resulted in the death of 6600 prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp. Read more

Two weeks ago, on May 15, 2017, colleges from the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial and the Friends of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial celebrated the 90th birthday of Karla Raveh together with her and 140 guests in her hometown Lemgo of which Karla was honorary citizen. Last Saturday (May 27) Karla Raveh passed away unexpectedly. She will be laid to rest in Israel. We grieve together with Karla’s family and friends. Read more

The memorial commemorates all the Jews, Sinti and Roma who were deported from this place between 1940 and 1945. Read more

On the occassion of the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of the camps, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial organized an international commemorative service on May 3 that was attended by 9 survivors from different countries. Part of the program also was a meeting for the relatives of former prisoners, the third Forum „Future of Remembrance“ and public talks by survivors. Read more

At the invitation of the Children of Bullenhuser Damm Association, 250 guests including the children’s relatives from the USA, Belgium, England and Hamburg attended the commemorative ceremony on April 20, 2017. Read more