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02/24/2016 Time witness

Eye-witness talk with Hans Gaertner

Today, Holocaust survivor Dr. Hans Gaertner visited the Center for Historical Studies at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial for an eye-witness talk. Read more

02/08/2016 Report, News

In Memory of Helge Hansen

The employers of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial are mourning the loss of Helge Hansen who died on February 1, 2016 at the age of 93 in the presence of his daughter and his son-in-law. Read more

02/02/2016 Time witness

Eyewitness talk with Esther Bejarano

On January, 25th Esther Bejarano was invited for an eyewitness talk in the Centre for Historical Studies of Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. Esther Bejarano read from her memoires “Erinnerungen. Vom Mädchenorchester in Auschwitz zur Rap-Band gegen rechts“ (Memories. From Women’s Orchestra in Auschwitz to the Rap-Band against the radical right wing). Read more

02/02/2016 Report

Report about my first months as a volunteer at Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial

My name is Olga, I come from Moscow, Russia. In 2015 I graduated from university and decided to dedicate a year to do something important. Read more

01/19/2016 Conference

International Forum: Divided Memory? Remembering Nazi Forced Labour in Twenty-First-Century Europe

A conference about forced labour March 9–11, 2016, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg Read more

12/15/2015 Seasonal Newsletter, Annual Report

Seasonal newsletter

to the survivors of the Neuengamme concentration camp, their relatives and members of the Friends of the Memorial association Read more

12/08/2015 Project, News

New Cafeteria Opens – Collaboration with Elbe-Werkstätten

On 1 December, the new cafeteria officially opened in the main exhibition building. It is open to visitors and employees from Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The cafeteria serves warm and cold beverages at reasonable prices and will soon offer a small selection of snacks. Read more

12/01/2015 Archival Research

In which satellite camp were these photos made?

The archive of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial will appreciate any information. Read more

11/10/2015 Conference

New president of the AIN (Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme)

Jean-Michel Gaussot, the General Secretary of the French Amicale de Neuengamme, was elected President of the Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme (International Committee of former prisoners of Neuengamme Concentration Camp) on Saturday at the annual AIN congress. Read more

11/07/2015 Report, Commemorative ceremony, Time witness

50 Years of the International Memorial – The Reception by the Senate and Panel Discussion

On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of the International Memorial and the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial the Senate organized a reception at the City Hall. Read more