Memorial Day 2024: Leadership in Memorial Köpenicker Blood Week

Memorial Day 2024: Leadership in Memorial Köpenicker Blood Week

On January 27, 2024, a public leadership will take place at the Köpenicker Blood Week Memorial in Berlin on the occasion of the nationwide commemorative day to the victims of National Socialism. This day was proclaimed by the former Federal President Roman Herzog in 1996 to commemorate the liberation of the National Socialist extermination camp on Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, 1945

The Köpenick Blood Week memorial is reminiscent of the "Köpenicker Blood Week", an unprecedented wave of arrests and violence by the National Socialists, which lasted from June 21 to 26, 1933. During this period, several hundred politically dissenters and Jews were delayed and abused, with at least 23 people died. These events are representative of the phase of power, in which the National Socialists acted with intimidation, torture and murder, publicly and before the eyes of the fellow citizens. The memorial is located in the former Köpenicker district court prison and can be visited on Tuesdays, Thursdays, on Saturdays and Sundays.

Date27.01.2024, 3 p.m.
Order Memorial Köpenicker Blood Week, Puchanstraße 12, 12555 Berlin
Free of charge
Opening time day and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Websitewww.berlin.de/bildung-t-k

The memorial is an important testimony of the National Socialist crimes and a place of commemoration and memory. The visit is possible free of charge and without registration. You can find more information on the official website of the memorial. The commemoration day is an opportunity not to forget the story and to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.

Source: www.berlin.de