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  • Illustration OG 1 CAD (c) Whitebox Dresden

    A Look at the Planned Exhibition

    12.10.2026

    The plans for the exhibition at the future Cap Arcona Documentation Center will be presented to the public on Friday, November 13, 2026.

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    "Time Travel: Cap Arcona"

    12.10.2026

    The NDR's "Schleswig-Holstein-Magazin" featured a report on Peter Wendt's new documentary about the cemetery in Haffkrug.

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  • Jüdischer Friedhof Neustadt (c) Henrik Matzen

    Tombstones at the Jewish cemetery

    10.10.2026

    Dietrich Mau and Walter Schiffer will present the first comprehensive documentation on November 26, 2026, in Neustadt in Holstein.

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    Readings from a Baltic Sea Mystery Novel

    02.10.2026

    What does a contemporary crime novel have to do with the Cap Arcona disaster in May 1945? And is it possible to escape one’s own history?

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  • Übergabe Förderbescheid Land SH 2026

    Minister Dorit Stenke Presents the Grant Award Notice

    04.09.2026

    As part of her summer tour of Schleswig-Holstein, Minister of Education and Culture Dorit Stenke visited Neustadt in Holstein.

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  • International Summer Camp Ahrensbök 03 08 2026

    International Youth Group in Neustadt

    04.08.2026

    The “Bridging Histories” summer camp organized by the Ahrensbök Memorial explored the Cap Arcona memorial in Neustadt.

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  • Peter Wendt Cover Haffkrug quer

    Cap Arcona Cemetery, Haffkrug

    28.07.2026

    The new book "Cap Arcona-Haffkrug Cemetery" by Peter Wendt will be presented in Haffkrug on August 14, 2026.

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  • Flyer Cap Arcona Dokumentationszentrum 2026 quer

    New Flyer: Authors Wanted

    27.07.2026

    A new flyer provides information about the Cap Arcona Documentation Center. We are looking for additional contributors for the Cap Arcona portal.

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  • Vorlesungsreihe sose 2026 Was macht krieg

    Between Silence and Remembrance

    02.07.2026

    The lecture by Prof. Dr. Norbert Fischer on how the Cap Arcona disaster was handled in East and West Germany is now available online.

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  • 20260423 CapArconaAusstellung Pönitz

    New exhibition in Pönitz

    12.05.2026

    The exhibition "Cap Arcona - May 3, 1945: The tragedy of the concentration camp ships in the Bay of Lübeck" focuses on eyewitness accounts.

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  • 20260506 Multiperspektif Ehrenfriedhof

    Focus groups accompany concept phase

    11.05.2026

    The Multi-peRSPEKTif group kicked things off: Three focus groups will provide specific impulses and impressions for exhibition development.

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    Construction site for documentation center

    04.05.2026

    The gap between the buildings cannot be overlooked: The Cap Arcona Documentation Center is being built next to the zeiTTor Museum.

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  • Cap Arcona Gedenkfeier Grevesmühlen, 1974

    Personal stories wanted

    17.04.2026

    The exhibition organizers are looking for personal accounts of the events of May 1945 for the documentation center.

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  • 20251017 Julia Stefan am Rednerpult (c) Reimo Schaaf

    The concept

    03.03.2026

    Historian Julia Werner and historian Stefan Nies developed the concept for the Cap Arcona Documentation Center.

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