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01/13/2026 News

Open letter: Consistent Action Against AI-generated Holocaust Distortions on Social Media Platforms

January 13, 2026

Open letter

Consistent Action Against AI-generated Holocaust Distortions on Social Media Platforms

In recent months, social media…

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10/19/2025 News

Our friend Dita Kraus has passed away

Last weekend, we received the sad news from Israel that our friend Dita Kraus had passed away at the age of 96. Read more

09/30/2025 News

Personal Item Belonging to a Victim of Nazi Persecution Returns

On Saturday, a special handover took place at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial: the ring belonging to former Neuengamme concentration camp prisoner Czesław Drozdzyniak was returned to his nephew Michel Drozdzyniak. He was accompanied by his sister and his wife. Read more

09/07/2025 News

New publication on the deportations from France to the Neuengamme concentration camp

The eleventh volume of the Neuengammer Kolloquien is titled “Repression politics and deportation practices in occupied France 1940-1944. Participants, perceptions of an enemy, persecuted groups.” In her dissertation, Christine Eckel focuses on a central element of German occupation policy. Read more

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

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

11/28/2024 News

Digital Remembrance Game “Remember. The Children of Bullenhuser Damm” is released.

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

02/29/2024 News

We mourn the loss of our friend Eva Smolková-Keulemansová

Today we received the news that our friend Eva Smolková-Keulemansová passed away in Prague on 28 February 2024 at the age of 96. Read more

10/24/2023 News

Our friend Marian Hawling is dead

Today, we received the sad news that our friend Marian Hawling died in Australia on October 17, 2023. He was 98 years old. Read more

10/13/2023 News

Letter of Solidarity

Dear survivors of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp and relatives of those persecuted under National Socialism, dear friends,

Since last Saturday…

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