Magdeburg
Historical background From 25 to 27 October 1939, Gypsies from Magdeburg were gathered and sent to Zigeunerlager in Holzweg near…
Category: GERMANY
Nördlingen
Historical background Description of commemoration The memorial obelisk is a stone post with two sides smoothed, and the two…
Fürstenberg/Havel – Ravensbrück (plaque)
Historical background The women’s camp in Ravensbrück also had a small male annex. Most of the female prisoners worked in…
Oranienburg – Sachsenhausen (plaque)
Historical background See above. Description of commemoration A rectangular plaque with cut corners and inscriptions carved in steel [bleached? –…
Oranienburg – Sachsenhausen (parts of the exhibition)
Historical background The camp near Oranienburg existed from 1936 to April 22, 1945. It was a training camp for high-ranking…
Nordhausen – Mittelbau-Dora
Historical background Mittelbau-Dora labour camp (Arbeitslager Dora, Konzentrationslager Mittelbau-Dora) – German concentration camp, founded near Nordhausen (Thuringia, Germany). The camp…
Weimar – Buchenwald (memorial)
Historical background Konzentrationslager Buchenwald / Post Weimar, initially called Konzentrationslager Ettersberg, was a German concentration camp founded in Ettersberg near…
Leipzig (memorial)
Description of commemoration A very special monument was erected in the green belt along Goethe Street in Leipzig, commemorating the…
Jena (plaque)
Historical background The first metal plaque was installed at the Jena West Railway Station in 1988. In 1990 it was…
Kassel (plaque)
Historical background Near the city hall of Kassel, at 8 Königsstraße, is the historic Aschrott Fountain (Aschrott-Brunnen). It was built…
Bad Hersfeld (plaque)
Historical background The plaque was unveiled on the 55th anniversary of the deportation of hundreds of Gypsies from Bad Hersfeld…