Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum
Death March Memorial in Below Forest
78th anniversary of the liberation of the prisoners of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
21. April - 24. April 2023
11am, Visitor Information Centre
Generational discussion of the International Sachsenhausen Committee
2pm, In front of the New Museum
Welcome to the decentralised commemoration
Prof. Dr. Axel Drecoll, Director of the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation
Andreas Meyer, Deputy President of the International Sachsenhausen Committee
followed by decentralised commemoration ceremonies at various locations in the memorial site
3:30pm, "Station Z" memorial site
Central commemoration ceremony
Welcome
Prof. Dr. Axel Drecoll, Director of the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation
Dik de Boef, President of the International Sachsenhausen Committee
Speeches
Ursula Nonnemacher, Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection and Deputy Minister President of the State of Brandenburg
Dr. Jörg Wojahn, Representative of the European Commission in Germany
Edward Farber, survivor of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Prayer
José Gaasch-Trauffler Amicale de Sachsenhausen (Luxembourg), daughter of survivor Renée Trauffler
Moorsoldatenlied
Kaddish
Prof. Dr. Andreas Nachama, Rabbi and son of the survivor Estrongo Nachama
Laying of a wreath
Please note: From 10 p.m. on Friday, 21 April until Monday, 24 April, traffic between Birkenwerder and Oranienburg will be interrupted. A rail replacement service via Borgsdorf and Lehnitz will be set up. The departure times of the trains will change slightly.
Please register your participation at: veranstaltungen@gedenkstaette-sachsenhausen.de
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