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NEVER FORGET : WHAT HAPPENED IN SACHSENHAUSEn'

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About the project

NEVER FORGET : WHAT HAPPENED IN SACHSENHAUSEn'

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Sachsenhausen was one of the earliest concentration camps in Germany, built in 1936. For example German people who were in opposition to Nazi policy, homosexuals, so-called asocials, criminals, Jews, and during the war especially people from occupied countries were imprisoned, forced to work and a lot of them were murdered. Between 1945 and 1950 a part of this area was used as a so-called Special Camp of the Soviet Secret Service.Now it is a place for studies and to commemorate the victims: the memorial site GedenkstEtte and Museum Sachsenhausen (Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen).Please inform yourself before the camp on this site: www.sachsenhausen-sbg.de

💼 What the programme involves

Study part: The study component will be an important part of our project. Volunteers will learn a lot about the time of National Socialism, the Holocaust and also something about the period after World War II especially the Soviet camp Sachsenhausen until 1950. Guided tours in and around the memorial site Sachsenhausen and excursions to different memorials and places of earlier German history are planned. Volunteers will have the opportunity to work in the exhibitions and in the library of the memorial site. Furthermore there will be several discussions with employees who perform guided tours and are involved in historical research. The international volunteers with their different backgrounds will inform the group about the memories and commemoration in their countries.Work part: The common learning at the historical site of Sachsenhausen shall be supplemented by manual work which constitutes the participantIs contribution to the maintenance of the memorial. This part will be rather small. All participants should have a very good knowledge of the English language and should be very interested in history and the present problems of neo-fascism and racism.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will be accommodated in a youth hostel. The building is on the grounds of historical Sachsenhausen concentration camp complex, and was built in 1938 as the official residence of the Concentration Camp Inspector, 2 km away from the memorial centre. In the hostel there is a big kitchen for the group. The volunteers will cook for themselves, they will buy food together with the budget that will be provided. You are welcome to bring your own ingrendients.

📍 About the location

Sachsenhausen is a part of Oranienburg, ca. 33 km to the north of Berlin.

ℹ️ Additional information

We ask the volunteers to make sure that their travel is compatible with the most recent recommendations of health authorities with regards to the spread of the Corona virus. In case you are travelling from or recently travelled through a higher risk area, please check the health recommendations of the country where the project takes place, as restrictions may apply (e.g. ban, quarantine, isolation). We will take the necessary health precautions for our projects, but please contact your sending organisation to get more information in case you have any concerns.

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📅 Available sessions

VJF 2.5

10/08/2020 → 30/08/2020

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Volunteers registered 0 / 15
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VJF 2.4

29/06/2020 → 18/07/2020

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Volunteers registered 0 / 15
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VJF 2.3

29/06/2020 → 18/07/2020

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 15
♂ 0/6 ♀ 0/7

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–26 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

16 Oranienburg, Germany

Germany

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German