Gedenken an homosexuelle Häftlinge des KZ Neuengamme | Gedenkveranstaltung

In the organizer's words:

QUEERHISTORYMONTH

QueerHistoryMonth will take place in Hamburg from May 1 to 31, 2025 (www.queerhistoryhamburg.de). Various events during the festival will bring the history(ies) of the queer community in Hamburg to life. Everyone is welcome - kings, queers, queens, allies, friends, families (of choice) and everyone in between and beyond!

EVENT

The murdered, missing and surviving victims of homosexual persecution will be commemorated together. The Neuengamme Memorial Book lists several hundred male prisoners who were sent to the concentration camp for violations of § 175 StGB. Many of them died in the Neuengamme concentration camp system.

After the Second World War, the group of prisoners with the pink triangle was ostracized. A memorial stone for them was only erected at the Neuengamme concentration camp memorial site in 1985 - under protest from other prisoner groups. In 2024, two memorials were decided in the middle of Hamburg to bring the commemoration of all queer victims of sexual persecution from the periphery to the center.

Date: May 04, 2025

Location: Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, Jean-Dolidier-Weg 45, 21039 Hamburg

Meeting point: Former detention bunker

Time: 16:00 to 17:30

Procedure: We start at 16:00 at the former detention bunker and stop in between at the former roll call area, near the bus stop KZ-Gedenkstätte, exhibition. Around 17:00 we will visit the memorial for the homosexual prisoners in the memorial grove, near the bus stop KZ-Gedenkstätte, Mahnmal.

Organizations taking part: Initiative Gemeinsam gegen das Vergessen - Stolpersteine für homosexuelle NS-Opfer | Stadtqueergang | mhc Hamburg

Speakers: Senate Director Markus Pitz(Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media) | Dr. Gottfried Lorenz and Ulf Bollmann (Initiative Gemeinsam gegen das Vergessen - Stolpersteine für homosexuelle NS-Opfer) | Klaus-Dieter Begemann(mhc) | Mira-Kristin Saitzek(Stadtqueergang)

Registration is not required. The event is free of charge.

NOTES

Please note that photos may be taken during the QueerHistoryMonth Hamburg event for public relations purposes. The festival is organized on a voluntary basis with great commitment. The QHM assumes no liability for the content and organization of the individual events. The responsibility for this lies exclusively with the respective organizers. Participation is at your own risk. The QHM accepts no liability for accidents or damage to property.