Tag: Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial
Hell made of stone: After 79 years, granite mining ends at the Flossenbürg concentration camp quarry – Bavaria
79 years after the liberation of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, granite mining at the former concentration camp quarry ends. Many prisoners died during the inhumane work. About the long struggle…
National Socialism: The chimney sweep from Flossenbürg – Bavaria
Lorenz Zitzmann, 96, first had to work in a concentration camp as a teenager. He was later sent to the front as a soldier. The memories of that time haunt…
The chimney sweep from Flossenbürg – Bavaria
Lorenz Zitzmann, 96, first had to work in a concentration camp as a teenager. He was later sent to the front as a soldier. The memories of that time haunt…
Politics in Bavaria: "These places are not purification centers"
Jörg Skriebeleit, head of the concentration camp memorial in Flossenbürg, is confronted with a wave of anti-Semitism. He demands that a culture of remembrance should not only look back, but…
Bavaria receives 52 million euros for memorial sites of the Nazi era – Bavaria
Bavarian places of remembrance of the horrors of the Nazi era are to receive more than 51 million euros from the federal government. The federal government is funding the preservation…
The Brit Alan Brooks moves Bavaria with dance and choreography – Munich
For 15 years now, the dance educator and choreographer Alan Brooks has been working on behalf of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture with his school dance projects, preferably at middle…
Nazi history: The subcamp under the Autobahn
The construction of the A 94 will soon destroy large parts of an old concentration camp satellite camp forever. A last-minute excavation is now providing insights for the first time…
Bavaria: Concentration camp survivor Shelomo Selinger visits Flossenbürg – Bavaria
Shelomo Selinger survived nine concentration camps and ghettos. The 94-year-old artist returned on the day the Flossenbürg concentration camp was liberated to report on his fate and experiences. No, under…
Nazi history: the graveyard of the perpetrators
Since 1959, district administrators, the Bundeswehr and citizens have been commemorating the victims of World War II at the military cemetery in Hofkirchen, Lower Bavaria. Research by the SZ shows…
Bavaria: The boomers and the legacy of contemporary witnesses – Bavaria
Jack Terry, one of the last survivors of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, has died. There are no voices reminding us that democracy cannot be taken for granted. Jack Terry, a…