Gedenkstätte KZ Neustadt-Glewe

Official APP of the Neustadt-Glewe Subcamp Concentration Camp Memorial.

The GEDENK APP is the official APP of the Neustadt-Glewe Subcamp Memorial. A subcamp of the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp existed here since September 1944. The women had to perform hard forced labor on the nearby airfield for the Dornier Werke Wismar. Many died due to the catastrophic living conditions or were deported sick and weakened back to Ravensbrück, where the SS murdered them. The history of the victims is linked to that of the site by means of the APP and augmented reality.

More interactive information can be found on the homepage:

https://www.neustadt-glewe.de/Tourismus/Sehenswertes/KZ-Gedenkstätte/

Material is offered for interested people, students and teachers who want to delve further into the topic.

The GEDENK-APP provides a basic understanding of the topography, i.e. the former, built reality of the camp. Today, there is only meadow there: unmowed where barracks were and cut short where paths and the roll call area were located.

Those who have downloaded the app and calibrated their smartphone on site can then view the site via the screen and experience how the former buildings, abstractly indicated, build up and info icons become visible.

Clicking on the info icons leads to interviews with former forced laborers, who are briefly introduced and comment on various aspects of their imprisonment in Neustadt-Glewe. Karl Heinz Schütt visited and interviewed the surviving women forced laborers from 14 nations between 1996 and 2001.

The new memorial was officially opened on May 2, 2022.

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