Who remembers what and why? Why are historical events still relevant for us today? A new digital game allows students to establish links between their exploration of the past and their experiences in the present. Read more

From 21st of December, 2024 to the 30th of March, 2025, a graphic novel exhibition at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial is showing ten artists who have explored stories from concentration camps. Read more

This year’s “Future of Remembrance” Forum (November 13–14, 2024) once again brought together numerous participants from various countries to discuss the significance of the culture of remembrance in relation to National Socialism in a changing world. Read more

Since September, three volunteers have been supporting us at the foundation: Gabriel, Ulyana (both Action Reconciliation Service for Peace) and Philipp (Voluntary Social Year for Culture, FSJ). They will spend a year exploring the different departments and areas of the foundation and the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial and realising their own projects. Read more

This year's “Future of Remembrance” Forum will be held on November 13-14, 2024 at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. Read more

We are grateful for the visit of two Belgian groups on their commemorative trips to the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial on Saturday 24 August 2024. Read more

Sława Harasymowicz will be showing her multimedia installation "Klinkerwerk" from 25 August to 6 December 2024. Read more

As part of the international commemorative ceremony on 3 May 2024 at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, a panel discussion was held with contemporary witness Dita Kraus and three young people. Read more

We are delighted that so many people took part in this year's commemorative events, which were held to mark the 79th anniversary of the end of the war and the liberation of the concentration camps. We were particularly pleased that four survivors of the concentration camp, Dita Kraus, Livia Fränkel, Barbara Piotrowska and Helga Melmed, were in Hamburg with their relatives. Read more

In the summer of 2022, the Hansen family took a special suitcase with them on their journey from Denmark to Hamburg. It contained historical documents and drawings by three Danish artists, Thorvald C. Hansen, Preben Holm Hansen, and Ib Holm Hansen. This special collection can now be found in the archive of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. Read more