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 will be published here in due course.

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

We have compiled answers to frequently asked questions about travel, accommodation and catering for you in this PDF

Preliminary Programme

Here you will find the preliminary 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.

Wednesday, 23 April 2025: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm | Open Community Space and Café

3.00 pm – 4.00 pm | Stage Reading '80 years ago - What role does the liberation of Flossenbürg concentration camp play for us?' (in German)

5.00 pm – 6.00 pm | Memorial Service of the Friend’s Association for the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial (in German)

Thursday, 24 April 2025: 1.00 pm – 6.00 pm | Open Community Space and Café

1.00 pm – 6.00 pm | Joint viewing of film documentaries about the Flossenbürg concentration camp

Friday, 25 April 2025: 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm | Curator Tour of the exhibition ‘The Disavowed. Victims of National Socialism 1933 – 1945 - Today’

4 pm | Official Opening of the Meeting Hub & Opening of the Special Exhibition ‘Personal Signs of Remembrance and Forms of Commemoration’

Saturday, 26 April 2025: 9.30 am – 5.00 pm | Open Community Space and Café

9.30 am – 5.00 pm | Special Exhibition ‘Personal Signs of Remembrance and Forms of Commemoration’

10.00 am – 4.00 pm | Opportunity to visit the DESt building

10.00 am – 5.00 pm | Pop-up Archive

1.00 pm – 3.00 pm | Guided Tours

1.00 pm – 2.30 pm | Guided Tour: Quarry

Sunday, 27 April 2025: 9.30 am – 2.00 pm | Open Community Space and Café

10.00 am – 4.00 pm | Opportunity to Visit the DESt building

10.00 am – 1.00 pm | Pop-up Archive

10.00 am – 12.00 pm | Guided Tours

10.30 am – 11.30 am | Oecumenical Service with Commemoration of the Dead

11.30 am – 12.30 pm | Kaddish with Rabbi Goldberg from Hof

2.00 pm – 4.00 pm | Commemoration Ceremony

4.00 pm – 6.00 pm | Informal Conclusion of the Liberation Weekend