Commemoration for the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation
27.04.2025, 14:00 Uhr
The commemoration for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Flossenbürg concentration camp will take place on April 27, 2025 at 2 pm. The program for survivors, their families, friends of the memorial, and everyone interested will begin on Wednesday, 23 April. All further information on the program as well as helpful tips on travel and accommodation are published on this page.
You will be able to stream the commemoration live in German and English via our website. You will find the link for the stream here and on the cover page of our homepage on the 27th of April 2025.
If you already have important questions about the celebrations surrounding the 80th anniversary of the liberation, please contact us at the following e-mail address:
event@gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de
For press inquiries:
presse@gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de
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Current Programme
Here you will find the current programme for the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation. Please note that individual items on the programme may change in terms of content and timing.
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Wednesday, 23 April 2025
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2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Open Community Space and Café
Where: Meeting Hub tent
5.00 pm
Memorial Service of the Friend’s Association for the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial (in German)
Where: Chapel
6.00 pm
Stage Reading ‘80 Years Ago Today - Memoirs of Former Prisoners, Liberators and the Population’ with actor Thomas Loibl (in German)
Where: Meeting Hub tent
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Thursday, 24 April 2025
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2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Open Community Space and Café
Where: Meeting Hub tent
3.00 pm
Screening of the Documentary ‘Everything’s Kosher’ and Discussion with Film Maker Adam Fried
Where: Event Room, Education Centre
The traces of National Socialism in Germany are omnipresent. Sometimes these traces take up a large part of our lives and sometimes they are ‘merely’ part of the environment in which our everyday lives take place. However, this does not make the traces any less visible once they have been recognised.
In this documentary, filmmaker and protagonist Adam Fried provides insights into his life as a descendant of Jewish immigrants to the USA and an American expat in Germany, trying to coordinate his family life across two continents. Everything comes together in Fried's passion for Jewish-American food and his dream of bringing a piece of home to Regensburg in the form of a kosher deli (gastro snack bar). Could the Colosseum, a former Flossenbürger subcamp, even be a suitable location for the deli?
Afterwards, there will be an opportunity to chat to Adam Fried over a light snack.
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Friday, 25 April 2025
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2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Curator Tour of the exhibition ‘The Disavowed. Victims of National Socialism 1933 – 1945 - Today’
Meeting Point: Entrance Meeting Hub tent
Tours through the exhibition in English and German.
4 pm
Official Opening of the Meeting Hub & Opening of the Special Exhibition ‘Personal Signs of Remembrance and Forms of Commemoration’
Where: Meeting Hub tent
12.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Opportunity to Visit the DESt building
Where: DESt Building, quarry area
12.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Photography Exhibition ‘The Place Within’ by Renate Niebler
Where: DESt Building, quarry area
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Saturday, 26 April 2025
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9.30 am – 5.00 pm
Open Community Space and Café
Where: Meeting Hub tent
9.30 am – 5.00 pm
Pop-up Exhibition ‘Personal Signs of Remembrance and Forms of Commemoration’
Where: Meeting Hub tent
9.30 am – 5.00 pm
Pop-up Archive
Where: Meeting Hub tent
Our archival staff will be there for you to discuss your family history, historical questions, objects and documents you have brought with you.
10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Opportunity to visit the DESt building
Where: DESt Building, quarry area
10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Photography Exhibition ‘The Place Within’ by Renate Niebler
Where: DESt Building, quarry area
11.00 am – 12.00 pm
Object Stories from the Pop-up Exhibition
Where: Meeting Hub tent
Learn more about the personal stories that are brought together in the pop-up exhibition and give the objects their unique meaning.
1.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Guided tours of the former camp site in German and English.
Meeting Point: Entrance Meeting Hub
1.00 pm – 2.30 pm
Guided Tour: Quarry
Meeting Point: DESt building, quarry area
4.00 pm
Concert: ‘Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, version for stringquartet (1787)’
Where: Chapel
Members of the Razumovsky Quartet with Sebastian Bonhoeffer (violoncello), speaker Wolf Wondratschek
In co-operation with the association Arbeiter.innen.Konzerte Wien in memory of the victims of war and fascism.
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Sunday, 27 April 2025
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9.30 am – 2.00 pm
Open Community Space and Café
Where: Meeting Hub tent
9.30 am – 1.00 pm
Pop-up Exhibition ‘Personal Signs of Remembrance and Forms of Commemoration’
Where: Meeting Hub tent
9.30 am – 1.00 pm
Pop-up Archive
Where: Meeting Hub tent
Our archival staff will be there for you to discuss your family history, historical questions, objects and documents you have brought with you.
10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Opportunity to Visit the DESt building
Where: DESt Building, quarry area
10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Photography Exhibition ‘The Place Within’ by Renate Niebler
Where: DESt Building, quarry area
10.00 am – 12.00 pm
Guided tours of the former camp site in German and English
Meeting Point: Entrance Meeting Hub
10.30 am – 11.30 am
Oecumenical Service with Commemoration of the Dead
Where: Chapel
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Kaddish
Where: Jewish Memorial
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Commemoration and wreath laying ceremony in the "Valley of Death". Speeches given by the Bavarian Minister-President and relatives of Flossenbürg survivors.
Where: Main Tent on the Former Roll Call Grounds
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Informal Conclusion of the Liberation Weekend
Where: Meeting Hub tent
Cake, coffee, tea and water are being served free of charge.
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Monday, 28 April 2025
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9.30 am – 2.00 pm
Open Community Space and Café
Where: Meeting Hub tent
10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Pop-up Archive
Where: Meeting Hub tent
Our archival staff will be there for you to discuss your family history, historical questions, objects and documents you have brought with you.
12.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Opportunity to Visit the DESt building
Where: DESt Building, quarry area
12.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Photography Exhibition ‘The Place Within’ by Renate Niebler
Where: DESt Building, quarry area