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15.12.2025

New Release: Documentation of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Concentration Camps

The brochure on the events organized by the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centers to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the prisoners of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp can be downloaded free of charge as a PDF file. read more

28.11.2025

Fragmented Memories: New online exhibition on the Hamburg satellite camps for women of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp

The stories of the women and the places they were imprisoned at can now be explored worldwide read more

20.11.2025

My Grandfather's Suitcase

Today, Martine Letterie donated an object of great significance to her family's history to the archives of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial: When Martinus Letterie was deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp, he had a suitcase with him. After his death, the suitcase was returned to the family. read more

Suitcase of the Letterie family with the portrait of Martinus Letterie

18.11.2025

On the trail of their persecuted family in Hamburg

In September 2025, descendants of the Oppenheim family visited the Fuhlsbüttel Memorial, the Hannoverscher Bahnhof Memorial and the Stadthaus Remembrance Site. Together with Sabine Brunotte, who researched their ancestors for the Stolperstein initiative, they set out to trace their family's history in Hamburg. read more

The descendants of the Oppenheim couple are standing in the historical site Stadthaus. They are listening to a member of the foundation's staff.

18.11.2025

Brigitte Alexander – her smile lives on

We mourn the loss of Brigitte Alexander, née Solmitz (1929-2025) read more

Brigitte Alexander on her last visit to Hamburg, 2019

25.10.2025

Photographs of Deportations From Hamburg Identified

Until now, no photographs of the deportations of Hamburg's Jewish population were known to exist. Now, three photographs from October 1941 have been identified. They show deportees and police officers arriving at the assembly point at the Lodge in Moorweidenstraße on October 24, 1941, and being transported to Hanover Station the following day. read more

Schwarzweißfoto von Menschen, die unter Bewachung des Reserve-Polizeibataillons 101 am Logengebäude ankommen

06.10.2025

School Project Commemorates the Sasel Concentration Camp

Over the next few weeks, a 9th grade class at Gymnasium Oberalster will be working on an art project focusing on the Neuengamme Concentration Camp satellite camp, which was located in their district of Hamburg-Sasel in 1944/1945. read more

Students being welcomed in front of the Plattenhaus Poppenbüttel Memorial

30.09.2025

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

portrait photo in black and white of Czesław Drozdzyniak in a suit

26.09.2025

Three new volunteers at the memorial

Since September, three volunteers have been supporting us at the foundation: Emma, Margalit (both Action Reconciliation Service for Peace) and Jette (Voluntary Social Year for Culture, FSJ). They will spend a year exploring the different departments and areas of the foundation and the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial and also realising their own projects. read more

Three young women pose for a photo. Behind them you can see the stone formations which represent the former barracks and a brick building.

07.09.2025

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

Publication "Repression politics and deportation practices in occupied France 1940-1944"