Flensburg (plaque) Historical background The Sinti lived at Norderstraße, just off the Flensburg Fjord, which used to be a poor port area.… Continue reading “Flensburg (plaque)”…
Geesthacht (memorial) Historical background Description of commemoration Entering the church grounds of the Lutheran parish of the Holy Saviour from Kirchenstieg… Continue reading “Geesthacht (memorial)”…
Hamburg – Neuengamme (parts of the exhibition) Historical background See: Hamburg – Neuengamme (camp) See also: Hamburg – Neuengamme (plaque) Description of commemoration At the permanent… Continue reading “Hamburg – Neuengamme (parts of the exhibition)”…
Hamburg – Neuengamme (plaque) See also: Hamburg – Neuengamme (exhibition) Historical background See: Hamburg – Neuengamme (camp) Despite the fact that KL Neuengamme, as… Continue reading “Hamburg – Neuengamme (plaque)”…
Hamburg (memorial, Lohseplatz) Historical background See: Hamburg (plaque, Lohseplatz) Description of commemoration Heading from the connex container with the exhibition at Lohseplatz to… Continue reading “Hamburg (memorial, Lohseplatz)”…
Hamburg (exhibition, Lohseplatz) Historical background See: Hamburg (plaque, Lohseplatz) Description of commemoration A white connex container was placed at Lohseplatz, the former… Continue reading “Hamburg (exhibition, Lohseplatz)”…
Hamburg (plaque, Lohseplatz) Historical background The idea of resettling all Gypsies from Hamburg to one collective camp arose as early as 1937. The… Continue reading “Hamburg (plaque, Lohseplatz)”…
Bremerhaven (memorial) Historical background See also: Bremerhaven (plaque) During the war, the administrative division of the city, then called Wesermünde, looked a… Continue reading “Bremerhaven (memorial)”…
Bremerhaven (plaque) Historical background Description of commemoration On the wall of one of the campus buildings, near Kunsthalle at Karlsburg… Continue reading “Bremerhaven (plaque)”…
Oldenburg (street) Historical background See: Oldenburg (memorial) Description of commemoration The road sign informs that the street we are on… Continue reading “Oldenburg (street)”…
Oldenburg (memorial) Historical background The memorial commemorates 74 Gypsies from Oldenburg who were deported to the death camp (Auschwitz-Birkenau). Among them were… Continue reading “Oldenburg (memorial)”…