The promise to a father

A family just like any other Remember barley soup? Or did you only have oranges at Christmas? We had our first phone when I was about 10 years old. There were only three TV channels. At noon there was a three-hour break and it was over, I think, at midnight with the national anthem. We … Read more

Overwhelming response to the Space to Remember, Connect and Support – Financial resources getting scarce

People from all over the world responded to the call to design a poster about their relatives who were imprisoned in the Neuengamme concentration camp. The poster designs are transferred to printing plates, which are permanently and publically displayed on the grounds of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. Thus the posters can be printed over … Read more

Participate now! Space to Remember – Official opening in May

Now that the final concept of the “Space to Remember” has been approved and the seed funding has been secured, the realization process begins. On 2 May 2020, the “Space to Remember” will be inaugurated on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps. In the following letter, the “Working … Read more

The Space to Remember is taking shape – Project Funding approved

Gruppe Ort der Verbundenheit

Great news! The “Studio Experimentelles Design” (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg / HfBK) has now presented a final concept for our “Ort der Verbundenheit – A Space to Remember, Connect and Support”. For many years, we have been wishing for an opportunity for descendants of former prisoners of Neuengamme concentration camp from various countries to … Read more

Let’s create a “Space to Remember, Connect and Support”! An invitation for collaboration

The suffering of the former prisoners in concentration camps has decisively shaped our lives as their descendants. The former places where our family members were detained are an important reference point for us today. It is vital for us that we can find the names of our persecuted family members at these sites, regardless of … Read more

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