Ahrensbök memorial
The Ahrensbök Memorial is a memorial founded on May 8, 2001 in Ahrensbök in Schleswig-Holstein . It is located in the building that was formerly used as a “ wild concentration camp ” - the only one that has been preserved in Schleswig-Holstein.
She remembers and documents
- to the “wild” Ahrensbök concentration camp , which existed from October 3, 1933 to May 9, 1934
- the Fürstengrube death march , the destination or intermediate stop of which was Ahrensbök in April 1945. The various stages are shown on 33 panels in a permanent exhibition.
- Forced labor (in three camps) in Ahrensbök during the National Socialist era
- the National Socialist education system
and serves as an educational and meeting place as well as a space for exhibitions.
As part of a "path sign project" in 1999 - by the international youth summer camp with the Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste eV - steles made of concrete and clay were erected to commemorate the stations of the Fürstengrube death march in Holstein .
In 2005 the Ahrensbök memorial received the prize of the “ Active for Democracy and Tolerance ” competition of the Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance, which was announced by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Justice .
literature
- Jörg Wollenberg : Ahrensbök, a small town under National Socialism. Concentration Camp - Forced Labor - Death March . Bremen 2000, ISBN 3-86108-767-7 .
- Jörg Wollenberg: Our school was a concentration camp. Documents on labor service, concentration camp and school in Ahrensbök from 1930–1945. Bremen 2001, ISBN 3-86108-783-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flyer Memorial Ahrensbök, supporting organization Group 33
Coordinates: 54 ° 1 ′ 34 ″ N , 10 ° 35 ′ 37 ″ E