With the "Football and Remembrance" project, we will be commemorating the National Socialist era and the many victims of German crimes. Read more...
Bernd NeuendorfDFB President
Almost 80 years after the end of the Holocaust, we need to find new ways to raise awareness of the continuing relevance of the memory of this crime. Sport offers extraordinary opportunities for this. Read more...
Maram SternExecutive Vice President of the World Jewish Congress
We are very grateful that numerous memorial sites have joined our “Football and Remembrance” initiative on the occasion of the UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany and look forward to welcoming international guests as well as local visitors. Read more...
Olliver TietzManaging Director of the DFB Cultural Foundation
The European Championship brings people together. This is also an opportunity to learn together from the crimes of National Socialism - for a successful coexistence.
Brita HeinrichsMittelbau-Dora Memorial
I think it is wonderful, that many people are dealing with the topic of football under National Socialism. With their diverse perspectives, fans are an important target group for educational work in memorial sites.
Paula ScholzResearch and educational assistant at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial
Football and Remembrance
“Football and Remembrance” is a website for everyone interested in the history of sport under National Socialism. Many memorial sites in Germany offer visitors the opportunity to explore history through the lens of sport. The project was launched in summer 2024 on the occasion of the men’s European Football Championship in Germany. The platform is currently being revised and will soon be available again with new content.
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Founded in 1952, the Bergen-Belsen Memorial is the oldest state memorial in Germany. Visitors have the opportunity to find out about the different phases of the place, from the prisoner of war camp, concentration camp to the displaced persons camp.
Buchenwald Memorial
The name "Buchenwald" became synonymous with National Socialist crimes when the concentration camp was built on the Ettersberg near Weimar in 1937. From 1945, the Soviets used the site for one of their special camps, and after 1950, the GDR built Germany's largest concentration camp memorial here.
In 1990, Buchenwald was redesigned as a memorial and opened up for the remembrance of the fate of other groups of victims.
Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial
The Flossenbürg concentration camp memorial is a museum, cemetery, memorial and place of learning with an education centre and museum café. Two permanent exhibitions provide information about the history of the Flossenbürg concentration camp and its aftermath.
Gestapokeller and Augustaschacht Memorials
The Gestapokeller (Osnabrück) and Augustaschacht (Hasbergen) memorials form a unique ensemble due to their preserved building fabric and their common historical connection. Both memorials and their exhibitions, which opened in 2020, deal with the topic of “Police violence and forced labour”.
Nazi Documentation Centre of Krefeld
Housed in the former villa of Jewish silk manufacturer Richard Merländer, Krefeld’s Nazi Documentation Centre has been researching and presenting local Nazi history since 1991. Besides offering a wide range of educational programming, it houses impressive murals by Heinrich Campendonk alongside temporary travelling exhibitions.
Mittelbau-Dora Memorial
The Mittelbau-Dora Memorial at the site of the former concentration camp near Nordhausen is an international place of learning and remembrance on the history of Nazi forced labour and underground relocation of the armaments industry as well as the close integration of Nazi crimes into German society.
Memorial Museum Wewelsburg
The Memorial Museum Wewelsburg1933 – 1945 provides extensive information about both the local activities of the Schutzstaffel (SS) in Wewelsburg and the general history of the Schutzstaffel of the NSDAP. At the same time, the victims of SS violence are commemorated at the location.
Photos: Mareen Meyer, Thomas Eisenhuth, Sigrid Haake, Shahar Azran