News of the Memorial Bullenhuser Damm

New art project in memory of the children from Bullenhuser Damm

With this project, the students from the Stadtteilschule Kirchwerder aim to commemorate the children of Bullenhuser Damm and keep their memories alive. Through their installation, they also intend to evoke feelings of hope, comfort, and security, inviting visitors to reflect on themselves and their own actions. read more

End-of-year newsletter 2023/2024

End-of-year newsletter to survivors, relatives of victims of Nazi persecution, and friends of our memorial work. read more

Letter of Solidarity

Sara, not Surcis – new information about one of the children from Bullenhuser Damm

20 Jewish children were murdered in the basement of a former school on 20 April 1945. We now also know the correct spelling of Sara Goldfinger’s name and her date of birth. read more

Year-end Circular Letter 2022/2023

Year-end Circular Letter to Survivors, Relatives of Nazi Persecutees, and Friends of Our Memorial Work. read more

New colleague for the "Serious Game Bullenhuser Damm" Project

A Serious Game will be added to the foundation’s digital proposals. This two year project is coordinated by Markus Bassermann. read more

Dr Oliver von Wrochem New Director of the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centres

Dr Oliver von Wrochem succeeds Prof. Dr Detlef Garbe as Director of the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centres Commemorating the Victims of Nazi Crimes (SHGL). read more

Detlef Garbe retires

After 33 years, on 30 June 2022, Prof Garbe retired; a person who has tirelessly served the culture of remembrance in Hamburg. read more

Commemoration at Bullenhuser Damm

On 20 April, a memorial event attended by many relatives commemorated 20 Jewish children and at least 28 adults who were murdered 77 years ago by SS men in a school building at Bullenhuser Damm in Hamburg-Rothenburgsort. read more

What are we doing as a memorial in light of the war in Europe?

How do we react as institutions engaged in the culture of remembrance and as individual people in the face of the catastrophe just a few hundred kilometres to the east of us? How do we spring into action so as not to remain in a state of consternation? read more