
Campo di volontariato
Mittelbau-Dora: Making Visible – Remembering and Shaping
Nordhausen, Free State of Thuringia, 75 km to Erfurt, 85 km to Göttingen, GERMANIA
Attività principali
The two-week international encounter project on the site of the former Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp has the motto ‘Making visible’ and is thus actively involved in the design of the site of today's memorial.
The work during the summer camp will consist of excavation work and the visualisation of a barrack foundation in the infirmary of the former prison camp. The work will take place outdoors, in a wooded area, and large and heavy stones will have to be cut. These stones are turned into flat Outline walls set. The work is part of a larger project: the remains of the foundations on the sites of former barracks are to be gradually made visible again so that visitors to the memorial site can recognise the camp structure, which barely exists any more. This year, work will continue on a foundation that has already been started.
The education and communication part of the project will focus on the history of the Nazi concentration camps and the use of concentration camp prisoners in the underground relocation of the armaments industry - using the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp as an example. This topic will be approached through tours, working with various sources, exchanging ideas with each other and joint digitally supported project work.
The ‘Dora labour camp’ was founded at the end of August 1943 as a satellite camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. As part of the underground relocation of German armaments production in the last two years of the Second World War, concentration camp prisoners had to develop a tunnel system in the Kohnstein mountain near Nordhausen into an underground rocket factory. Series production of the rocket propagated by the Nazi state as ‘Retaliation Weapon 2’ began in January 1944. During the first few months, the prisoners had to live and work in the tunnels. It was not until spring 1944 that an above-ground barracks camp was built and the Dora satellite camp became the Mittelbau concentration camp in its own right. More than 60,000 people from almost every country in Europe, mainly from the Soviet Union, Poland and France, had to perform forced labour for the German armaments industry in the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp complex between 1943 and 1945. One in three of them died.
Campo di volontariato
Mittelbau-Dora: Making Visible – Remembering and Shaping
26 lug → 09 ago (15 giorni · 14 notti)
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Luogo Nordhausen, Free State of Thuringia, 75 km to Erfurt, 85 km to Göttingen, GERMANIA
Area tematica CONS, RENO, STUD
Età 18-26
Lingua Inglese
Codice ijgd 76140
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Requisiti
- A visit to the Buchenwald concentration camp is planned for the first weekend together with the project partner. You will learn more about the details of this visit from the group leaders.
- You should know how to ride a bicycle, as you will need to travel by bike from the accommodation to Mittelbau-Dora.
Interest in the history of National Socialism, good English language skills. Safe cycling in road traffic is a prerequisite! A desire for physically demanding work, weatherproof clothing, as the work also takes place outdoors. Mosquito repellent and sun protection are also advisable. Sturdy shoes that can withstand water or are suitable for hiking are a good idea.
The Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp memorial is an international place of remembrance and learning. In summer, the memorial is visited by many tourists from countries such as the Netherlands, France and Denmark. Relatives of former prisoners are also regular guests. The equipment in the seminar rooms is modern and iPads are provided for digital project work during the camp.

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