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
Now that the final concept of the “Space to Remember” has been approved and the seed funding has been secured, the realization process begins. On 2 May 2020, the “Space to Remember” will be inaugurated on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps. In the following letter, the “Working … 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
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
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
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
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