Veranstaltungen zum 80. Jahrestag der Befreiung

Ceremony of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps (on invitation)

06.04.2025, 10:00 AM‒11:30 AM
Congress Centrum Weimarhalle

The detailed programme will follow.

The photo shows the faces of a group of figures representing four prisoners standing in a row of two. Their faces look sad and sunken.

Commemoration ceremony for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp

Mittelbau-Dora Memorial

80 years ago, on 11 April 1945, the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp was liberated by US troops. This year, the commemoration ceremony will take place on Monday, 7 April. It will begin at 11 am in the reconstructed accommodation barracks of the...

Opening ceremony of the redesigned Cemetery of Honor An event organised by the city of Nordhausen

Nordhausen Cemetery of Honor

The newly redesigned cemetery of honour will be officially opened on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp. The cemetery of honour has been redesigned from 2023 to enable dignified remembrance again.

A wooden watchtower can be seen next to a half-open wooden camp gate. In front of it, a Spanish horseman with barbed wire can be seen standing next to the access road.

80th anniversary of the liberation of the Ellrich-Juliushütte subcamp In cooperation with the municipalities of Ellrich and Walkenried

Ellrich-Juliushütte memorial site

On 12 April 1945, American soldiers took the town of Ellrich and liberated Ellrich-Juliushütte, the largest subcamp of Mittelbau concentration camp. This year, the commemoration ceremony will take place on Tuesday 8 April at 10:30 am at the...