In 2021, I wrote an article about my father, Erik Holger Grome (Nielsen – the surname was dropped in 1961), his work in the resistance, his time in concentration camps and the period after the Second World War. This article was written for the reflections blog, I will therefore not repeat much here about the resistance … Read more
In 2016 Maryse Kluck wrote a letter to her great-grandfather Anton van der Lugt who she never met because he had died in a German concentration camp.
Maria Grazia Gori Casati grew up without getting to know her father Italico. He died in a satellite camp of Neuengamme concentration camp in April 1945. In 2017, 73 years later, Maria and her husband Mauro decided to travel to Germany, to the places her father was imprisoned by the Nazis – Dachau, Neuengamme and … Read more
The son of a former prisoner of the Dachau concentration camp reports My father, Dr. Karl Otto Watzinger, was born in 1913. He grew up with two siblings in an educated middle-class family in Tübingen. His father, Carl Watzinger, was a professor of archaeology, his mother had no professional training, enjoyed literature and theatre and … Read more
His parents, Herta and Carlheinz, already joined resistance groups against National Socialism as teenagers. Because of their political activities, they were first imprisoned already at a young age. In his article for the Reflections Blog, Daniel Rebstock reports on the impacts of the persecution on the further life of his parents as well as on … Read more
Mykola Titow has been researching for many years on the history of his two uncles, who were deported to Germany as forced laborers during the Second World War and died there. In 2017 and 2018 he has travelled through Germany following their traces. Here he tells about his family, his mother’s last wish for information … Read more
Bruno Neurath-Wilson tells about his father Willi Neurath, who survived various concentration camps as a political prisoner, and his mother Eva, who supported her husband in his resistance activities, about his childhood and early youth with a father who remained true to his ideals and why he wants to share his parents’ story with the … Read more
In her fourth article about her visit to Germany in 2018 Roslyn Eldar describes her visit to Muna Lübberstedt, the former satellite camp of the Neuengamme concentration camp, where her mother and other family members had had to do forced labour in an amunition factory. Her article illustrates the importance of family history across the … Read more
Jörg Watzinger has been following up the history of his family during the Nazi era for many years. Karl Otto Watzinger, his father, is at the centre of his research. He was persecuted as a supporter of the SAP (Socialist Workers Party) and survived Dachau concentration camp. Karl Otto Watzinger’s concentration camp detention caused a … Read more
Impressions from the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial Roslyn Eldar’s mother Lili Ruttner survived the Muna Lübberstedt satellite camp of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp. After the war Lili built a new life in Australia. In May 2018 Roslyn accepted an invitation by the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial to attend the commemorative services held on the 73rd … Read more
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