News

19.10.2025

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

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"

28.08.2025

A Day for Relatives

A day for relatives of former prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp and victims of Nazi persecution: meeting, exchange, writing workshop read more

Victoria Toth zeigt auf einer Veranstaltung auf eine

15.08.2025

Volunteer Service Report

In this article, volunteers from Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (ASF) reflect on their year of voluntary service at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. We are delighted and grateful for the helpful and dedicated support provided to our work by Uliana and Gabriel. read more

Gabriel and Uliana sitting at a table in the library of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial and reading a book that is open on the desk

08.07.2025