New Documentary: The Life and Memory of the 20 Jewish Children Imprisoned at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp

After they were separated from their mothers in Auschwitz, 20 Jewish children were deported to the Neuengamme Concentration Camp. Kept hidden from the other prisoners, these children were taken away from their families for one gruesome reason: to become test subjects in pseudo-medical experiments performed by the SS. Attempting to cover up their crimes, the perpetrators at Neuengamme murdered the children, along with at least twenty-eight adult prisoners, just weeks before the end of World War II.

More than 80 years after their deaths, researchers and family members of these children continue to make remarkable discoveries about the lives the Nazis tried to erase from history. Their findings continue to help shape the understanding of their persecution and memory.

Former Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste volunteer Gabriel Rogers shows the most up-to-date information on these children in a new English-language documentary. The feature-length film, “I want to know what happened to them,” brings together original interviews from experts and surviving family members, as well as historical prisoner testimonies to tell their story.

The documentary is available on YouTube with this link: „I want to know what happened to them“ 

“I want to know what happened to them” was produced in association with the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centres as well as the Children of Bullenhuser Damm Association.