The Children

In November 1944, 20 children between the ages of 5 and 12 were brought from the Auschwitz concentration camp to the Neuengamme concentration camp for medical experiments. In order to cover up the traces of these cruel acts, the children were murdered on April 20, 1945 in the basement of a former school building on Bullenhuser Damm.
For a long time it was not known who the children were, where they came from or what happened to their families. This remains the case for five of them.

Ruchla Zylberberg as a little girl on a bicycle
Georges-André Kohn Koffer Georges-André Kohn | Suitcase Georges-André Kohn Biography Georges-André Kohn
Jacqueline Morgenstern Koffer Jacqueline Morgenstern | Suitcase Jacqueline Morgenstern Biography Jacqueline Morgenstern
Roman Zeller Koffer Roman Zeller | Suitcase Roman Zeller Biography Roman Zeller
Lelka Birnbaum Koffer Lelka Birnbaum | Suitcase Lelka Birnbaum Biography Lelka Birnbaum
Walter Jungleib Koffer Walter Jungleib | Suitcase Walter Jungleib Biography Walter Jungleib
Eduard Hornemann Koffer Eduard Hornemann | Suitcase Eduard Hornemann Biography Eduard Hornemann
Alexander Hornemann Koffer Alexander Hornemann | Suitcase Alexander Hornemann Biography Alexander Hornemann
Eduard Reichenbaum Koffer Eduard Reichenbaum | Suitcase Eduard Reichenbaum Biography Eduard Reichenbaum
Marek Steinbaum Koffer Marek Steinbaum | Suitcase Marek Steinbaum Biography Marek Steinbaum
Bluma Mekler Koffer Bluma Mekler | Suitcase Bluma Mekler Biography Bluma Mekler
Sara Goldfinger (formerly Surcis Goldinger) Koffer Sara Goldfinger | Suitcase Sara Goldfinger Biography Sara Goldfinger
Ruchla Zylberberg Koffer Ruchla Zylberberg | Suitcase Ruchla Zylberberg Biography Ruchla Zylberberg
H. Wassermann Koffer H. Wassermann | Suitcase H. Wassermann Biography H. Wassermann
Lea Klygerman Koffer Lea Klygerman | Suitcase Lea Klygerman Biography Lea Klygerman
Sergio de Simone Koffer Sergio de Simone | Suitcase Sergio de Simone Biography Sergio de Simone
Riwka Herszberg Koffer Riwka Herszberg | Suitcase Riwka Herszberg Biography Riwka Herszberg
Roman Witoński Koffer Roman Witoński | Suitcase Roman Witoński Biography Roman Witoński
Eleonora Witońska Koffer Eleonora Witońska | Suitcase Eleonora Witońska Biography Eleonora Witońska
Marek James Koffer Marek James | Suitcase Marek James Biography Marek James
Mania Altman Koffer Mania Altman | Suitcase Mania Altman Biography Mania Altman
Further reading at the Learning Center Die Gedenkstätte Bullenhuser Damm - Die Kinder: Verfolgung und Deportation (Persecution and Deportation) Die Gedenkstätte Bullenhuser Damm - Die medizinischen Experimente (The Medical Experiments) Die Gedenkstätte Bullenhuser Damm - Die Kinder (The Children)
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Media Library

The complete permanent exhibition "Time Traces" and the other side exhibitions on the grounds of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial are also available digitally in the memorial's media library. Unfortunately, the media library is only available in German.

media library
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