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Remembering My Grandfather on the Anniversary of the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
Monday, April 17, 2023

By Hannah Mills, Education Associate at The HC – On April 15, 2023, we marked the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp located in Lower Saxony in Northern Germany. While many recall it as the final resting place of Anne and Margot Frank, I associate it with my grandfather, Hans Joseph… Continue Reading Remembering My Grandfather on the Anniversary of the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

Afro-Germans and the Holocaust
Monday, February 27, 2023

By Joshua Wilson, Museum Educator at The HC – During Black History Month, we want to honor the memories of Black people who lived through the violent and hateful ideology of Nazism, and make sure their stories are told. Discrimination and the Third Reich Before World War II, Germany’s Black population, composed mainly of colonial… Continue Reading Afro-Germans and the Holocaust