From silence to commemorating together as a family

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For decades Lori Ellis had only a vague idea of what her mother Sophie had experienced in three Nazi concentration camps. When Sophie’s grandchildren became old enough to learn about the Holocaust, Sophie started to share more and more about her past. Here Lori Ellis chronicles how the family went from not talking about their … Read more

More surprising encounters in Northern Germany

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In her first article “My family made bombs for Nazi Germany as slave laborers during WWII” Roslyn Eldar, the daughter of a former Neuengamme concentration camp prisoner, shared her experiences visiting Hamburg (Germany) on the occassion of the 73rd anniversary of the end of the war and the liberation of the camps. Here she reflects … Read more

“My family made bombs for Nazi Germany as slave laborers during WWII”

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Roslyn Eldar is the daughter of Lili Ruttner who was originally from Tacova (Czechoslovakia). Lili and six other family members survived Lübberstedt-Bilohe, a satellite camp of the Neuengamme concentration camp, where they worked in the ammunition production. Out of the six family members two are still alive today: Elizabeth Just, Lili’s younger sister lives in … Read more

THE FIRST PROJECT DAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT “ORT DER VERBUNDENHEIT – A PLACE TO REMEMBER, CONNECT AND SUPPORT”

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We are currently working on quite a number of things in relation to the “Ort der Verbundenheit – A Place to Remember, Connect and Support” project. We have received much encouragement since the project’s inception, and we are excited by the first responses we are receiving from survivors’ relatives who are interested in memorializing one … Read more

Let’s create a “Space to Remember, Connect and Support”! An invitation for collaboration

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The suffering of the former prisoners in concentration camps has decisively shaped our lives as their descendants. The former places where our family members were detained are an important reference point for us today. It is vital for us that we can find the names of our persecuted family members at these sites, regardless of … Read more

The son of a member of the French Résistance: Interview with Jean-Michel Gaussot

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In “Ode au grand absent qui ne m’a jamais quitté“, published in 2016 by L’Harmattan,  Jean-Michel Gaussot, son of a member of the French Résistance who died in a Nazi concentration camp, pays tribute to the father he never knew. In a video interview conducted by the publisher Jean-Michel Gaussot explains his reasons for having … Read more

Closing thoughts on the 2017 Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme Congress in Hamburg

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The annual congress of the Amicale Internationale Neuengamme took place from November 3 to 5, 2017, in Hamburg. This blog brings you some closing thoughts regarding this congress from one of its guest participants Tom Devos from Meensel-Kiezegem (Belgium). Why this congress? The AIN Congress is the annual meeting of the board of the Amicale … Read more

Memories of a Polish prisoner’s daugther

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Childhood during World War II I was born 01.05.1940 in Warsaw. In my early childhood during World War II I experienced all kinds of terror under the occupation of Nazi-Germany.  I come from a family who at that time belonged to the so-called intelligentsia. My father – Jan Derengowski (born 08.02.1902 in Warsaw) – was … Read more

Who was Roosje Glaser?

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Sometimes there are no easy answers The Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught presents interested institutions in the Netherlands and abroad with the chance of borrowing the exhibition „Dancing with the Enemy“ about the Jewish dance instructor Roosje Glaser who survived the camps Vught, Westerbork and Auschwitz and found a new home in Sweden. The exhibition addresses the difficult … Read more

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