Commemoration Neustadt May 3, 2021

Every year, on the 3rd of May we commemorate the almost 7.000 victims of the bombing in the bay of Lübeck that happened on the 3rd of May 1945. Unfortunately, due to the Covid 19 pandemic there is no possibility to have a commemoration with an audience. Only a silent commemoration will take place. The…

The AIN today

The Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme (AIN), founded in 1958, is an international association of the national organizations of survivors of the Neuengamme concentration camp as well as the families and friends of former prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp.Over 75 years after the end of World War II and the liberation of the concentration camps,…

European Remembrance: Declaration of Madrid

“Declaration of Madrid” published by Amicale Internationale KZ Neuengamme and other International Committees of Nazi extermination and concentration camps on 2 November 2019 “Having taken note of the European Parliament resolution of 19 September 2019 on the Importance of European Remembrance for the future of Europe(2919/2819 RSP), we express our deep concern at the erroneous…

Letter of Support for the VVN – Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes / Bund der Antifaschisten

The AIN is deeply worried about the latest decision of the German Ministery of Finance in November 2019: Revoking the non-profit caracter of the VVN is a mistake. This organization, founded in 1947, was essential for the recognition and persecution of Nazi crimes. Until today, this organization is indispensable for transmitting the memory of persecution…