“The image I have of my grand-father has always been the same, that of a hero, therefore a role model.”

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The image I have of my Grand-father has always been the same, that of a hero, therefore a role model Robin Evans is the grandson of Pascal Vallicioni who was a prisoner in the Neuengamme concentration camp (number 43778, satellite camp Wilhelmshaven). Pascal survived deportation and is now 90 years old.. Robin is 19 years old. Robin, can … Read more

Standing together: The Forum “Future of Remembrance” 2017

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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.

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The European project “Convoi 77” and the History of Avram and Luna Mordo

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Interview with Jacqueline B. The „Convoi 77“ was the last convoy of deportees taken from Drancy to Auschwitz. The descendants of the deportees of „Convoi 77“ are working on finding the last traces of the deportees. It is a project that also is also directed at high schoolers. Jacqueline B. ist the grand-daughter of Avram et Luna Mordo. Swenja … Read more

Note from the editor – New supporters for the Reflections blog

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We are delighted to be able to share with you that the Reflections blog gained new supporters. Three of the associations in which survivors of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp and descendants of former prisoners of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp are organized have joined the German Friends of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial as benefactors. We would like … Read more

New support for the Reflections blog: Amicale de Neuengamme et de ses kommandos

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Amicale de Neuengamme et de ses Kommandos August 1945: Creation of a board of directors by 21 French survivors, headed by Marcel Prenant. They aim at: Helping the families of those who did not come back or the survivors experiencing difficulties. Revealing the barbarous acts committed by the Nazis and their accomplices in Vichy and … Read more

“Be prepared to listen!”

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Interview with Yvonne Cossu-Alba and Ulrich Gantz on the dialogue between descendants of victims and the descendants of perpetrators From 15-20 August 2016, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy held the Summer Academy entitled “Education in the Aftermath of Conflict: Learning from the past?” Participants discussed the role of education in post-conflict societies with a special focus on … Read more

The unique case of Belgian memory culture

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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?

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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

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