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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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Cap Arcona Memorial Run
04.09.2026
On Sunday, September 13, Poeler SV is organizing the traditional Cap Arcona Memorial Run on the island.
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Exhibition in Westerland
24.08.2026
Through October 4, 2026, the exhibition #StolenMemory pays tribute to Max Feddersen from Sylt, among others.
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Three Guided Tours for Cemetery Day
04.08.2026
Three guided tours will be offered in Haffkrug and Neustadt in Holstein on the weekend of September 19 and 20, 2026.
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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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"Cap Arcona on Rails"
01.08.2026
Neustadt in Holstein will participate in the “Long Night of Democracy in Schleswig-Holstein” with a double lecture on October 2 at the zeiTTor.
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Readings from a Baltic Sea Mystery Novel
31.07.2026
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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Guided Tour at the Cap Arcona Museum
30.07.2026
Melanie Zühlke will lead a guided tour of the Cap Arcona Museum in Neustadt im Holstein on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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