Memorial sites

Since the 1980s, a unique memorial landscape of regional depth, national appeal and international significance has emerged in Lower Saxony and Bremen, consisting of over 20 sites with historical links to Nazi crimes.

Memorial sites in Lower Saxony and Bremen

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Memorial sites provide special access to the history of National Socialism. At historical sites and using a wealth of historical documents and contemporary witnesses, visitors can learn about the persecution, victims, perpetrators and structures of responsibility. In Lower Saxony, the variety of memorials and places of learning comprehensively and exemplarily covers all major topics of National Socialist crimes committed in the various types of forced labour camps, prisons and hospitals. There are also places of learning for the Nazi regime's propagandistic self-presentation, which served as a means of ideological penetration and mobilisation of society.

In 2000, the privately funded memorial sites and history initiatives formed the Lower Saxony Memorials and Initiatives for the Remembrance of Nazi Crimes in 2000. in 2000.

Information material for download:

"Inform - Learn - Take Responsibility. Guide to memorial and documentation sites on the history of the National Socialist dictatorship in Lower Saxony and Bremen"

Brochure published by the Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation in cooperation with the Interest Group of Lower Saxony Memorials and Initiatives for the Remembrance of Nazi crimes, March 2022

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"Memorial and documentation sites on the history of the National Socialist dictatorship in Lower Saxony and Bremen"

Leaflet published by the Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation in cooperation with the Interest Group of Lower Saxony Memorials and Initiatives to Commemorate Nazi Crimes, March 2022

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Printed copies of the leaflet and brochure can be ordered from gfn@stiftung-ng.de can be ordered.

Further information

Find out more about the landscape of remembrance in Lower Saxony:

    • :  Overview
    Landscape of remembrance

    During the National Socialism era, crimes were committed in countless places in what is now the state of Lower Saxony. A large number of memorials, associations and initiatives deal with the local and regional Nazi history and its consequences.

    • :  Commitment
    Initiatives

    Together with the institutionalised memorial sites, a large number of initiatives, projects, history workshops and individuals form the backbone of Lower Saxony's landscape of remembrance.

    • :  Places
    Cemeteries & gravesites

    The cemeteries and gravesites of Nazi victims are central places of memorial work and culture of remembrance. There are more than 1000 cemeteries and burial sites for victims of the Nazi regime in Lower Saxony.

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