Due to the precautionary measures against the spread of the coronavirus, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial had to cancel the commemorative events on the 75th anniversary of the liberation. The inauguration of the Space to Remember, Connect and Support, which was originally scheduled to take place on May 2nd, also had to be postponed to … Read more
Jörg Watzinger has already been dealing with the history of his family during National Socialism for a long time. His father Dr. Karl Otto Watzinger survived the Dachau concentration camp. For his mother Marie, the persecution of her son resulted in a dramatic deterioration of her mental health. Both became victims of the NS regime. … 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
Since issue no. 24/2015, reports on the transmission of remembrance in the families of four members of the Freundeskreis KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme e. V. have been published in freundeskreis aktuell, the journal of the Freundeskreis. They are either children of victims of National Socialism or of perpetrators. In this interview with Bernhard Esser, you can now … 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
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
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
The Neuengamme concentration camp memorial had to cancel the commemorative events on the 75th anniversary of the liberation in May 2020 due to precautionary measures against the spread of the coronavirus. Therefore, the opening of the Space to Remember, Connect and Support is postponed, probably to mid-November. We will notify you in good time about … Read more
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