On 27 April, the official ceremony will be held to commemorate the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp 80 years ago, on 15 April 1945. After publishing the programme for the event, we received criticism from various sources. We take...

Albrecht Weinberg survived the Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. Today, he is one of the few contemporary witnesses who can still talk about their persecution under National Socialism - and he does so tirelessly....

We were shocked to learn of the unexpected death of our former Managing Director Prof Dr Habbo Knoch. He headed the Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation and the Bergen-Belsen Memorial from 2008 to 2014. Against the background of his many years of...

We cannot accept the press release that claims that Israelis were excluded from this year's commemoration of the anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen on 5 May. This is not and has not been the case: a child survivor of Bergen-Belsen from...

On 15 April 1945, British troops liberated the prisoners in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As in previous years, the commemoration takes place on the next Sunday that does not fall on a religious holiday. This year it is 5 May. Today and on 5...

The Foundation is in mourning. We were terribly saddened to hear that Jochevet Ritz-Olewski, Chairwoman of the Irgun Sherit Hapleta Bergen-Belsen in Israel, passed away on 10 February 2024. She represented the Irgun on the Foundation Advisory Board....

Last night, the headquarters of the Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation in Celle were attacked and vandalised. Several windows were smashed, and an information board was torn off the wall. “We have, of course, filed criminal charges”, said...

Ein Jahr voller Ambivalenzen liegt hinter uns. Wir sind dankbar für Begegnungen, die wieder möglich waren. Gleichzeitig fordern die kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen in Europa und der Welt, flüchtende Menschen, Desinformation und das Erstarken...

The memorials in the prison in Wolfenbüttel and Bergen-Belsen, as well as the foundation's headquarters, will take a winter break from December 19, 2022 to January 8, 2023! The documentation centers of the two memorials and their service facilities...

On Monday, Professor Menachem Rosensaft, who was born in the Bergen-Belsen DP camp, was appointed chairman of the Advisory Board of the Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation. Although the Foundation maintains contact with over 100 survivors on account...