With our project, we want to make personal stories connected with the imprisonment of family members in concentration camps visible. We want to show the relevance of historical experiences and their effects until today. And we want to make readers curious: What are the stories behind a photograph from a newspaper, a striped handkerchief, a name on a business card, a baby dress, or a flag? Many brief personal stories create a picture of the importance of remembrance. We hope that people will scroll through the website and get to know the many stories behind objects that at first glance seem inconspicuous.
Objects Carry Memories
(English version)
Gegenstände tragen Erinnerungen
(German version)
Des objets portent des souvenirs
(French version)
You asked me why I would want to show these photos to and share these memories with the public. I would hope that we could convince our children and grandchildren that prejudice has no place in our world! It leads to no good,
only bad.
Helga Melmed, survivor of the Auschwitz and Neuengamme concentration camps
By continuing to tell stories and share them with the public, we can keep history alive.
Greetje van den Driessche, granddaughter of Urbain Van den Driessche, who died as a prisoner of the Neuengamme concentration camp