Oldenburg (memorial)
Historical background The memorial commemorates 74 Gypsies from Oldenburg who were deported to the death camp (Auschwitz-Birkenau). Among them were…
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Bremen (memorial)
Historical background In 1943, the slaughterhouse was an assembly point to which the Roma and Sinti were brought before deportation.…
Lohheide – Bergen-Belsen (miniature model)
Historical background See: Lohheide – Bergen-Belsen (camp) The Roma and Sinti are also mentioned on the miniature model in…
Lohheide – Bergen-Belsen (plaque, wall)
Historical background See: Lohheide – Bergen-Belsen (camp) The preparations for erecting the main memorial began in 1947 and involved the…
Lohheide – Bergen-Belsen (camp)
Historical background In 1935, just after the Wehrmacht’s political and armed formation was recognised as the national armed forces of…
Braunschweig (plaque/exhibition)
Historical background Similarly to other German cities, in Brunswick (German: Braunschweig) there was also a ghetto for the local Roma…
Hannover (plaque, Altwarmbüchener-Moorwaldweg)
Historical background Until the mid-twentieth century the Altwarmbüchener Moor was considered unfriendly and inaccessible wasteland. However, from the Middle Ages…
Hannover (plaque, Heisterbergallee)
Historical background On April 1, 1893, Alexander Moritz Simon founded a Jewish gardening school (Gartenbauschule Ahlem) at today’s Heisterbergallee 10…
Osnabrück (stolpersteine)
See also:. Köln (stolperstein) Description of commemoration As part of the performative action of Gunter Demnig in the city of…
Osnabrück (plaque)
Description of commemoration Leaving the building of the Osnabrück Town Hall through the main exit on the left, we go…
Essen (plaque)
Description of commemoration The plaque is located at the intersection of Schlenhofstraße and Reckhammerweg, on an islet of greenery, covered…