News

03.03.2022

Teresa Stiland has died

It is with great sadness that we learned that our friend Teresa Stiland passed away yesterday in Paris. Teresa Stiland was born Matla Rozenberg in 1925 into a Jewish family in Częstochowa, Poland. She was 14 years old when German troops occupied Łódź, where she lived with her grandparents. Matla managed to survive the Litzmannstadt/Łódź ghetto; her relatives died in the ghettos or were murdered in Treblinka. read more

18.02.2022

Rules for visiting the Foundation of Hamburg Memorial’s memorials

Our memorial sites are open. Please note the rules when visiting. read more

15.12.2021

Year-end Circular Letter 2021/2022

We would like to take the opportunity to thank you for all the support you have shown us in so many different ways throughout this year. We also want to give you a brief review of all the topics that have kept us busy over the past twelve months. read more

24.11.2021

Guided tours bookable again

According to the Hamburg Covid-19 regulations, which have been in effect since Feb. 19th, 2022, visitors in booked groups no longer have to prove that they have been vaccinated or have recovered. read more

31.10.2021

Discover memorials digitally!

From now on, groups can also get to know the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, the Bullenhuser Damm, Poppenbüttel and Fuhlsbüttel Memorials digitally with pedagogical guidance in an interactive and participatory way, dealing with various key topics on National Socialist persecution and the concentration camp system in depth. read more

30.09.2021

Shoa survivor Helga Melmed’s visit to Hamburg

Helga grew up in a Jewish family in Berlin as the only child of her parents Frieda and Georg Arndtheim. When Helga was 13 the whole family was deported to the Ghetto in Łódź/Litzmannstadt as part of the first transport out of Berlin where her parents were murdered. Helga was deported to Auschwitz in 1943 and in 1944 she was selected by the SS for forced labour in various satellite camps of KZ Neuengamme in Hamburg (Veddel und Poppenbüttel/Sasel). read more

18.05.2021

We mourn the death of Neonila Kurliak

Recently, we received the sad news that Neonila Kurlyak died of Covid-19 on April 17, 2021 in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. We remember a warm-hearted, friendly and combative woman who, despite her difficult fate, could also laugh heartily and who kept her zest for life. She was always open-minded and open to new experiences. read more

12.05.2021

Memorials in Hamburg are open again

As of Tuesday, 18 May 2021, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial can once again be visited – under special precautions to comply with contact restrictions – within the usual opening hours. read more

29.04.2021

Objects carry memories

The Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial commemorates the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp’s prisoners with a special multimedia report. Survivors and relatives tell their personal stories. read more

26.04.2021

Memorial work and its contemporary relevance

In consultation with the Foundation, the Expert Commission of the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centres Commemorating the Victims of Nazi Crimes has drawn up a key issues paper on the relationship between current socio-political trends and memorial work. The paper, which has been widely approved by the Foundation Council, is worded as follows: read more

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