12/19/2017 Commemorative ceremony

73. Anniversary of the Liberation of Concentration Camps May 2018

Commemorative Events Organized by the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial on the Occasion of the 73. Anniversary of the End of the War and the Liberation of Concentration Camps 2018

 

Commemorative Events (english)

Activités (francais)

Veranstaltungen (deutsch)

Памятные мероприятия  (русский)

Wydarzenia i spotkania (polski)

 

May 1, 2018; 09:30 – 13:00

Meeting Aimed at Strengthening the Cooperation Among the Children and Grandchildren of the Victims of National Socialism

We are inviting the children and grandchildren of the former prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp to an exchange meeting which will introduce this year’s forum “Future of Remembrance”. The goal is the development of an international network of the children and grandchildren of the victims of the Nazi regime. The organizers hope that such a diverse group could give an important impulse for the work of the memorials for the victims of National Socialism and other institutions dedicated to preserving memory, as well as for the society as a whole.

The event will be simultaneously translated into German, English and Polish.

All participants are required to register until April 20, 2018. The participation fee is 30€ (15€ reduced). In order to register, please contact Sophia Annweiler, KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme, Center for Historical Studies, Tel.: +49 (0)40 428 131 543, Email: Studienzentrum@bkm.hamburg.de

Location: Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, Center for Historical Studies, Jean-Dolidier-Weg 75, 21039 Hamburg

 

May 1, 2018; 14:00 – 17:15 and May 2, 2018; 9:00 – 16:15

Forum “Future of Remembrance”

The focus of the two-day forum “Future of Remembrance” will be the Second World War as a historical event as well as its significance for the European culture of remembrance. Participants will also take a look at how crimes committed under other dictatorships have been dealt with. This is an opportunity for children and grandchildren of former concentration camp prisoners, members of survivors’ associations, employees of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial and the organizations associated with it as well as young people and anyone else interested in the topic to discuss the issue of the forms of commemoration in the future.

The event will be simultaneously translated into German, English and Polish.

Participants are required to register until April 20, 2018. The participation fee is 60€ (30€ reduced). In order to register, please contact Sophia Annweiler, KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme, Center for Historical Studies, Tel.: +49 (0)40 428 131 543, Email: Studienzentrum@bkm.hamburg.de

Location: Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, Center for Historical Studies, Jean-Dolidier-Weg 75, 21039 Hamburg

Programm (engl.)

Programm (dt)

Programme  (frz.) 

 

May 1, 2018; 19:00

60 Years of Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme (AIN)

The 1958 merging of national associations of former prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp and their relatives triggered the struggle to turn the site of the former Neungamme concentration camp into a place of commemoration. Sixty years later, the representatives of the AIN from different countries are presenting their associations and discussing their ongoing projects as well as the significance of the cooperation with the children and grandchildren of former prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp.

Participants are required to register, please contact Sophia Annweiler, KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme, Center for Historical Studies, Tel.: +49 (0)40 428 131 543, Email: Studienzentrum@bkm.hamburg.de

Location: Curiohaus, Rothenbaumchaussee 13, 20148 Hamburg, Room A

 

May 2, 2018; 19:00

Conversation with Survivors of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp and Their Relatives

Mindu Hornick will talk about her persecution during the National Socialist regime and her imprisonment in Lübberstedt-Bilohe, a satellite camp of the Neuengamme concentration camp. Together with her daughter and her grandson, she will tell the audience about how this experience affected her life.

Event organized by the Neuengamme Concentration Camp memorial in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

Official language: English

Registration is required. Please use the following email address to register: hamburg@fes.de

Location: Baseler Hof Säle (Gartensaal), Esplanade 15, 20354 Hamburg

 

May 3, 2018; 10:00

Commemorative Ceremony on the Occasion of the 73. Anniversary of the Bombing of Ships in the Bay of Neustadt

International commemorative ceremony with the survivors of the Neuengamme concentration camp and its satellite camps.

Public event organized by the Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme (AIN) in cooperation with the City of Neustadt, Holstein and the Working Group Neuengamme

No registration required.

Location: Cap Arcona Memorial, Neustadt/Pelzerhaken

 

May 3, 2018; 17:00

Commemorative Ceremony on the Occasion of the 73. Anniversary of the End of the War and the Liberation of Concentration Camps

International commemorative ceremony with survivors and their relatives from all over the world. Public event organized by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial

No registration required.

Location: Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial

The ceremony begins with a wreath laying on the former roll call square and continues in the south wing of the former workshops of the Walther factory.

 

May 3, 2018; 13:00/ 14:00/ 15:00

Public Guided Tours for Individual Visitors

No registration required.

Meeting Point: Main entrance of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial (Service Point)

 

May 2, 2018 and May 4, 2018; 10:00

Public Testimonies of the Survivors of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp and Its Satellite Camps

Survivors from various countries talk to students and other interested parties about their imprisonment, their survival strategies and their fight against the oblivion after 1945.

In order to register, please contact Ulrike Jensen, Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial,
Tel.: +49 (0)40 428 131 519, Email: ulrike.jensen@bkm.hamburg.de

Location: Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, Center for Historical Studies