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01/13/2017 Commemorative ceremony

72. Anniversary of the End of the Second World War and the Liberation of Concentration Camps

Commemorative Events Organized by the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial on the Occasion of the 72. Anniversary of the End of the Second World War and the Liberation of Concentration Camps. Read more

12/19/2016 Seasonal Newsletter

Seasonal newsletter

to the survivors of the Neuengamme concentration camp, their relatives and friends of the memorial Read more

11/15/2016 Report

Congress of the Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme

On the occasion of the annual meeting of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial Advisory Board, the representatives of the umbrella organization of the national associations of former prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp, Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme (AIN), came together to discuss the cooperation between the associations and the memorial at their annual congress which took place on November 11-13 in Hamburg. Read more

11/02/2016 News

The Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial Mourns the Passing of Janusz Kahl (February 1, 1927 – November 2, 2016)

Janusz Kahl, a former prisoner of the Neuengamme concentration camp from Poland and the vice president of the Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme died today at the age of 89. We are mourning the death of a warmhearted and wise friend. Read more

10/24/2016 Archival Research

Dr. Victor Fenyes's Legacy in the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial

Dr. Victor Fenyes's daughters have lent their father's legacy to the archives of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. It has thus been made available for research while remaining family property. Read more

09/08/2016 Conference, Exhibition

Call for Papers "The Curiohaus Trials in Hamburg: Nazi War Crimes Tried in British Military Courts"

From January 19 until February 8, 2017 and on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial will present the exhibition entitled "The Curiohaus Trials in Hamburg: Nazi War Crimes Tried in British Military Courts" in the Hamburg City Hall. We are currently looking for speakers to contribute to a conference which is to mark the end of the exhibition. Read more

09/05/2016 Report

Viktoria Kutdusova: “A year filled with experiences of a lifetime”

On September 1, 2015, a plane from Perm, Russia landed in Berlin Schönefeld. A young girl with two huge suitcases got off, not knowing what was awaiting her. At that moment, she was thinking about her future work at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, where she was expecting to broaden her knowledge on the German culture of remembrance and collect interesting material for her future academic work. Read more

08/31/2016 Event, Project

International Workcamp

From 13 to 27 August, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, the Friends of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, and the Service Civil International (SCI) hosted an international work camp on the Memorial grounds. For two weeks, approximately 20 women and men between 17 and 62 years of age from Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Russia, Serbia, the Basque Country, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, and Germany lived at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. Read more

07/04/2016 Exhibition, Commemorative ceremony

Remembering Those Deported from the Train Station Hannoversche Bahnhof

The inauguration of the new park Lohsepark in the Hafencity district of Hamburg was celebrated on the weekend of 9–10 July 2016. The opening was celebrated with a variety of events, and the so-called Fault Line (Fuge), which is part of the memorial denk.mal Hannoverscher Bahnhof, was accessible to visitors for the first time. This walled walkway is a symbol of the deportation of 7,692 Jews, Sinti and Roma during the Second World War. Read more

06/27/2016 News

Future Cooperation Between the Memorial and its Russian Partners

The Deputy Director of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, Dr. Oliver von Wrochem, has recently met with Dr. Sandra Dahlke, the Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute in Moscow and Dr. Natalia Timofeeva, the Director of the Regional Center for Oral History (Региональный центр устной истории в г. Воронеж) at the Voronezh Institute of High Technologies in Russia, where they agreed on closer cooperation in the future. Read more