Shoe Test #2
The video „Shoe Test #2“ explores a forced, day long march of 40 kilometres based on the testimonies of George Saxon’s father, who was subjected to the ’shoe testing track‘ as part of a punishment unit at Sachsenhausen.
The video „Shoe Test #2“ explores a forced, day long march of 40 kilometres based on the testimonies of George Saxon’s father, who was subjected to the ’shoe testing track‘ as part of a punishment unit at Sachsenhausen.
With the launch of “Generations in dialogue – Empowering descendants to keep memory alive” the Young Committee of the Amicale Internationale de Neuengamme & Voices of the Next Generations Sachsenhausen take on a pioneer role within remembrance work.
Helena Koopman’s gouache painting reflects the transmission of her grandfather’s story.
Danielle Chaimovitz reflects on the reponsibility of descendants to remember and on a promise that she made to herself while attending the commemoration event on January 27 2023.
On the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism on 27 January 2023, six descendants tell the stories of their relatives who were imprisoned in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
Danielle Chaimovitz gave a speech on occasion of the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism at the Memorial Sachsenhausen on 27 January 2023
Relatives of former prisoners of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp from all over Europe create a ceremony for the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism
The video ‚Block: 46‘, considers the barrack where George Saxon’s late father Tadeusz Witkowski was housed during his internment at the former concentration camp at Sachsenhausen (1940 – 45).
“Voices of the Next Generations” brings together descendants of prisoners from the former concentration camp of Sachsenhausen. Its objective: To highlight new perspectives on remembrance, while the last direct witnesses of the Second World War are dying out one after the other.
Between 14 and 18 September 2022, we grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Jan Lemaire Jr. participated in the second meeting of Voices of the next generations in Oranienburg Sachsenhausen.