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  • TuridMueller c TorgeNiemann scaled

    Readings from a Baltic Sea Mystery Novel

    18.05.2026

    Turid Müller's new crime novel, *Unter dem Strand*, explores the lasting effects of the "Cap Arcona" disaster right up to the present day.

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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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  • 20260509 Baustelle Haakengraben

    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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