“Declaration of Madrid” published by Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme and other International Committees of Nazi extermination and concentration camps on 2 November 2019 “Having taken note of the European Parliament resolution of 19 September 2019 on the Importance of European Remembrance for the future of Europe(2919/2819 RSP), we express our deep concern at the erroneous…
The AIN is deeply worried about the latest decision of the German Ministery of Finance in November 2019: Revoking the non-profit caracter of the VVN is a mistake. This organization, founded in 1947, was essential for the recognition and persecution of Nazi crimes. Until today, this organization is indispensable for transmitting the memory of persecution…
The Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme (AIN) elected a new board of directors on November 16, 2019. The AIN is an umbrella organization which represents national associations of former prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp as well as their relatives and friends. The new president is Martine Letterie from the Netherlands.The new election saw Jean-Michel Gaussot…
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Lire l’article en français. Lees het artikel in het Nederlands. Hier geht es zur deutschen Fassung. On May 1st, 2019 the Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme founded a new committee to represent 3rd and 4th generation descendants of victims and survivors of the Neuengamme concentration camp. It will focus on building a global network of descendants,…
The Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme was invited on May 1 2019 by the „Initiative Dessauer Ufer“ to visit the place of the former subcamp Dessauer Ufer in Hamburg. In this warehouse, more than 3500 men and women from all european countries were imprisoned in 1944/1945 and forced to work in the harbourg district of Hamburg.
April 30 – May 3: Commemorative Events Organized by the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial and the Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme on the Occasion of the 74th Anniversary of the End of the War and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps in May 2019. (photo: Mark Mühlhaus, 2018) April 30: Panel Discussion: Persecution, Collaboration and Silence…