The trial – Is it ever too late for justice?
Amelie Reichmuth’s thoughts about the trial against the former SS guard at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
77th Liberation Day of Sachsenhausen.
Louts and Mischa Lemaire talk about visiting the 77th anniversay of the Liberation of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Journalism as a coping mechanism
I visited Sachsenhausen for the first time during our autumn seminar, only a few months after my Grand-Dad Klaus had passed away…
Why we are still here
In order to examine, who we – the next generations – are and what we do, it is necessary to briefly explain what led us to our commitment and how we would like to pass this on in the future.
Ukraine’s sacrifice must not be in vain
While the world is staring at Ukraine with horror and despair, we, descendants of concentration camp prisoners, both survivors and deceased, feel the urge to express our abhorrence of war and all other
infringements on human rights across the world.
Erinnerungen an Edouard Calic
Mein Großvater sprach mehrere Sprachen fließend und hatte eine gestochen scharfe Handschrift, weshalb er zeitweise für die Registrierung neu angekommener Häftlinge eingesetzt wurde…
To Bring Back the Trauma
Anouk Focquier, granddaughter of Belgian resistance fighters who were captured, torured and killed in Nazi concentration camps, talks about bringing brack the family trauma
Drawing Really Does Help Processing Emotions
An instinctive emotional response to what I felt during my week in October 2021 exploring my family history at Sachsenhausen. Sketches, thoughts, and abstract feelings…
Jan Lemaire: Men in Zebra
From early 1942 until 1945 our grandfather Jan Lemaire was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen. When we were 15, our grandmother gave us his book…