Knud Lynge, Lars Lynge’s father, was arrested at his workplace at the Royal Danish Nautical Charts Archive on November 14, 1944. On this day, the Gestapo stormed the building to look for an escaped person which is when they found a gun in Knud Lynge’s bag. During the war he taught resistance fighters to shoot … Read more
Aurélie Boisseau is the great-granddaughter of Raphaël Gicquel, a resistance fighter from France. When the Gestapo found the weapons he had been hiding on his farm, he was arrested and deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp. He died on the Cap Arcona on May 3, 1945. How did you learn about your great-grandfather’s story? When … Read more
Jozef Lemmens is the son of Frans Lemmens who was arrested on August 11, 1944 during “retaliation measures” in Meensel-Kiezegem and deported to Germany. Frans Lemmens died in the Neuengamme concentration camp. Jozef Lemmens answered our questions about his involvement in the National Association Meensel-Kiezegem ’44 and what he would like to pass on to … Read more
Pascale Evans is the daughter of Pascal Valliccioni who was arrested for being active in the French resistance and deported to Germany. He survived his imprisonment and lived to tell his story. His daughter answered our questions about what remembrance work means to her and what values she wants to pass on to her children. … Read more
Wilma Knoppersen is a member of the board of the October 44 Foundation (Putten, Netherlands). Both of her grandfathers, Heimen Knoppersen and Johan Wendt, were arrested during the raid in Putten on October 1 and 2, 1944 and deported to Neuengamme on October 14, 1944, where they both died the following year. How did you … Read more
I found Monika in autumn 2020. She has lived in the UK for many years and was born in Poland. She is a qualified English teacher and works now in the office of a rental car company. When she only ever got short-term teaching contracts in Poland 17 years ago and wasn’t offered a follow-up … Read more
Special thanks to Beate Klarsfeld for her contribution to this article. The period after the end of the Second World War in the Federal Republic of Germany was characterised by a widespread rejection of responsibility, persistent anti-Semitism and the inactivity of state authorities who did not really make an effort to prosecute former Nazi perpetrators[1]. … Read more
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.
For my PhD dissertation, I have been conducting oral history interviews with grandchildren of Jewish Holocaust survivors in the United States and Germany since July 2023 with the goal of understanding how survivors and their grandchildren tell and retell stories about the Holocaust. Especially in the United States, grandchildren of survivors are typically studied based … Read more
Relatives of former prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp are once again invited to honour their persecuted family member with a poster. Since the opening of the Space to Remember, relatives of those persecuted have already designed more than 120 posters. The poster motifs are used to produce printing plates that can be seen in … Read more
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