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75th Anniversary of the Liberation

Hamburg, 16.3.2020 Please note: In view of the spread of the coronavirus in Germany, it is with a heavy heart that we must cancel the events scheduled for the 75th anniversary of the liberation. The…

Soldiers as Concentration Camp Guards

Friedrich Berger, born in 1925 in Bargen, today a part of the Erfde municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, was a seaman apprentice in the German Navy. On February 23, 1945 he was assigned to guard the…

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Despite stormy weather, more than 100 guests and media representatives attended the groundbreaking ceremony which started in Lohsepark and continued at the nearby Ecumenical Forum. Detlef Garbe,…

#75liberation

Using the hashtag #75liberation memorials all over Germany want to remember the liberation of the people imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camps. Around January 27, 2020 we would like to use the…