Special exhibition at the Bergen-Belsen Memorial from 13 May to July 2026.
On Wednesday 13 May at 2 pm, we will be opening the special exhibition “70 Years of the Luxembourg Agreement. Unattainable – Indefined: Reparations for Nazi Injustice” at the Bergen-Belsen Memorial.
On this occasion, we are expecting two descendants of former prisoners: the daughter of Josef Herbert Hadda and the daughter of Eva Krausova. Both are visiting the memorial for the first time and will speak there for the first time with the director, Dr Elke Gryglewski, about how their parents’ imprisonment in the camp and the suffering they endured have also shaped their own lives.
The Shoah is the greatest crime against humanity and the darkest chapter in German history. The campaign of extermination waged by the Nazis and their allies resulted in the murder of almost six million Jews, as well as plunder, terror and endless suffering. Seven years after the end of the Holocaust, the Federal Republic of Germany, the State of Israel and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany came together to negotiate the impossible. After tough negotiations, these three parties concluded an agreement in Luxembourg in September 1952: a historic milestone.
The exhibition traces the history of Jewish material claims following the Shoah, as well as Germany’s efforts to take responsibility for the crimes of National Socialism.
The opening programme:
- Welcome by Dr Elke Gryglewski (Managing Director of the Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation and Director of the Bergen-Belsen Memorial)
- Panel discussion with two descendants of former prisoners and Dr Elke Gryglewski, as well as a discussion about the exhibition with representatives of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Claims Conference
- Guided tour of the exhibition with curators Dr Jens Hoppe and Dr Kai Wambach
The event will take place in the marquee on Anne Frank Square. Admission is free; no booking is required.
This travelling exhibition was conceived by the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Claims Conference in collaboration with the Knesset Museum of the Israeli Parliament.