Sachsenburg concentration camp: secured 1.46 million euros for memorial!

Sachsenburg concentration camp: secured 1.46 million euros for memorial!

Sachsenburg, Deutschland - The Saxon state government has big plans for the memorial on the site of the former Sachsenburg concentration camp. As Junge Welt has decided to have around 1.46 million euros available for the expansion place. This means that nothing stands in the way of completion of the memorial by 2028. The funding from the federal government of up to 2.5 million euros is also secured.

The future of the memorial initially looked anything but rosy. In the current draft budget for 2025/26, no funds were originally planned. But now the Minister of Culture Barbara Klepsch has announced that the financing is secured and that additional funds of around 1.7 million euros could be found. The construction is now being continued, which keeps hope for a comprehensive memorial. This information also comes from a report by Tagesschau .

an important place of remembrance

The Sachsenburg concentration camp is one of the first concentration camps that had set up Nazis - a place full of dark history, where around 10,000 people, including Jews and regime regional, were captured by 1937. The place is also very important for well -known prisoners such as the writer Bruno Apitz and the publisher Walter Janka, as is documented in various memorials for the victims of National Socialism, for example in the Wikipedia .

A memorial from the artist Hanns Diettrich, which was created in 1968, stands directly in front of the future memorial and is reminiscent of the victims. Despite the demolition of the former commandant villa in 2022, which was heavily criticized by the Lager Working Group Sachsenburg and conservationists, the memorial remains a symbol of memory and reminder for many.

The financial plans show that the state of Saxony is determined not to let stumbling blocks of this story sink in forgetting. With a total of around 6.9 million euros that are now required, the commitment is clear, even if the construction prices have increased by about 38%. The funds are made up of 2.5 million euros from the federal government and 3.5 million euros from the Free State of Saxony, which underlines the importance of this memorial location.

The place of remembrance is not only an important memorial for coping with the past, but also plays a role in dealing with Nazi history at regional, even national level. Sachsenburg will continue to remain a central point of commemoration for the victims of National Socialism.