Family history and commitment to a culture of remembrance – Interviews with members of the Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme’s member organizations

30/03/202608/04/2024 by Gyde Soenksen

We spoke to some of the descendants that are active members of the national organizations of the AIN to find out more about their family history, how it has shaped them and their commitment to a lasting culture of remembrance.

Standing together: The Forum “Future of Remembrance” 2017

18/11/202019/06/2017 by Alexandra Cain

Sharing one’s family history, fighting against today’s racism and discrimination and creating a pan-European culture of remembrance

The third annual Forum “Future of Remembrance” was held by the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial on May 1 and May 2, 2017. 65 participants were in attendance from several European countries including Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and Russia. Among them were descendants of victims of Nazi persecution, descendants of Nazi perpetrators, representatives of institutions concerned with remembering and researching Nazi crimes as well as young adults from Hamburg and other interested individuals.

The unique case of Belgian memory culture

17/11/202016/09/2016 by Viktoriya Kutdusova

Now we see the bigger context.” I am a student of memorial culture, with a focus on how Germany and Russia deal with their past. I have visited many memorials of former concentration and extermination camps in Germany and Poland. I visited the Russian Museum of the Great Patriotic War. I have talked to different survivors. … Read more

How shall we proceed after the Forum “Future of Remembrance” 2016?

18/11/202028/05/2016 by Mariane Pöschel

Exchanging ideas about an active contribution to the future of Remembrance

From April 30 till May 2, 2016, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial had put on the second Forum “Future of Remembrance”. 50 people had accepted the invitation to exchange ideas regarding new approaches to the culture of remembrance in Europe. Among them were representatives of the national associations in which survivors of the

Forum “Future of Remembrance” 2016

17/11/202020/04/2016 by Swenja Granzow-Rauwald

From April 30 till May 2, 2016, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial in Hamburg, Germany, invites descendants of former concentration camp prisoners, members of survivors associations, Memorial staff and organizations supporting their work as well as young adults and other interested individuals to the Forum “Future of Remembrance” (program) to discuss questions regarding the creation of … Read more