79th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp

Dominique Boueilh, President of the Comité International de Dachau (CID), Karl Freller, Director of the Bavarian Memorial Foundation and Dr. Gabriele Hammermann, Director of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site invite to the commemoration of the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp on Sunday, May 5th 2024.

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Program

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9:15 am

Ecumenical Service of the Catholic, Protestant and Greek Orthodox churches in the Carmelite Holy Blood

9:30 am

Russian-Orthodox Mass in the Resurrection Chapel

09:45 am

Hour of Commemoration of the State Association of Israelite Religious Communities in Bavaria in front of the Jewish Memorial

10:45 am

Commemoration at the Former Crematorium     

11:30 am

Central Commemorative Ceremony on the former roll call square

• Opening Speech Dr. Gabriele Hammermann, Director of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
• Greeting Karl Freller, MdL, Director of the Bavarian Memorial Foundation
• Speech Anna Stolz, Bavarian State Minister of Education and Culture
• Speech Maria Bering, Head of the „Culture of Remembrance“ Department at the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
• Speech Dominique Boueilh, President of the Comité International de Dachau
• Messages of Remembrance Survivors of Dachau concentration camp
• Wreath Laying at the International Monument

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Following the commemoration, the Day of Encounters will take place in the Max Mannheimer Haus (Roßwachtstraße 15, 85221 Dachau).

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The Hour of Commemoration at the memorial site of the former SS Shooting Range in Hebertshausen will take place this year on Saturday, May 4th 2024 at 4 pm.

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The commemoration for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp will take place on Sunday, May 4th, 2025.

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