Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum
Death March Memorial in Below Forest
75th anniversary of the liberation of the prisoners of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen
16. April - 19. April 2020
From April 17th to 20th, 2020, the Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen and the International Sachsenhausen Committee commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the prisoners of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen. You are warmly invited to join the diverse events and encounters surrounding the anniversary.
Preliminary program
Friday, April 17th
Death March Memorial in Below Forest
2:30 pm: Start of the commemoration ceremony
Saturday, April 18th – Day of encounters: remembering for today
Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen
1 pm: Opening of the “Day of encounters” by Dr. Astrid Ley, deputy director of the Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen
1:30 – 5 pm: Exhibition opening, talks with eyewitness, guided tours through the memorial in German and English, film screenings
2 – 5pm: “Market of possibilities” ("Markt der Möglichkeiten"): presentation of various projects surrounding commemoration
5:30 pm: Franz Bobzien Prize award ceremony
Sunday, April 19th
Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen
10 am: Interreligious service
In front of the New Museum
2 pm: Welcome to the decentral commemoration
Dr. Axel Drecoll (director Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen)
Dik de Boef (general secretary of the International Sachsenhausen Committee)
Sachsenhausen song
Followed by commemorations of the national committees and victim groups in different locations on the territory of the Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen
Site of commemoration “Station Z”
3:30 pm: Central commemoration ceremony with a wreath-laying ceremony
Monday, April 20th
Memorial site "KZ-Außenlager Klinkerwerk"
10 am: Commemoration ceremony at the former satellite camp Klinkerwerk
Venue
Death March Memorial in Below Forest
Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen
Memorial site "KZ-Außenlager Klinkerwerk"
