An impressive/oppressive tour to Neuengamme

On Friday, July 17th, 2015, I started my tour with three individual tourists from Brazil and the USA to the former concentration camp in Neuengamme. “We read, heard and learned so much about this topic but we were never able to imagine what a camp looked like.” That was the reason why my guests had […]

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A short impressive/depressing tour to Neuengamme

On Friday, July 17, 2015, I set off with three individual tour guests from Brazil and the USA to the Neuengamme concentration camp memorial. We read, hear and learn so much about this topic, but couldn’t even imagine it, said my guests, who had separated themselves from the rest of the group and thus from […]

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Finally a World Cultural Heritage Site

On July 5th, 2015 it was finally declared: the UNESCO “awarded” Hamburg with a World Cultural Heritage Site – the Warehouse District including the Kontorhaus District around the Chilehaus. At the end of the 19th century Hamburg was persuaded to join Bismarck’s newly found customs union – given that the city could still profit from […]

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A world heritage site at last

On July 5, 2015, the time had finally come: Hamburg was awarded its first World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Speicherstadt including the Kontorhaus district around the Chilehaus. At the end of the 19th century, Hamburg was persuaded to join the customs union established by Bismarck – on the condition that it continued to enjoy […]

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