Commemorative Event for the SOE Agents Yolande Beekman, Madeleine Damerment, Noor Inayat Khan, Eliane Plewman

On 13 September 1944, the SOE (Special Operations Executive) agents Yolande Beekman, Madeleine Damerment, Noor Inayat Khan and Eliane Plewman were murdered by the SS in Dachau concentration camp. They had worked as agents in the resistance in occupied France, were captured and shot in the crematorium area after being transferred to Dachau concentration camp. The four SOE agents will be commemorated with a commemorative event to mark the 80th anniversary of their murder.

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Welcome & Introduction
Dr. Gabriele Hammermann, Director of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

Greeting
Karl Freller, MdL, Director of the Bavarian Memorial Foundation

Lecture
Angelika Eisenmann, Tour Guide at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

Messages of Remembrance
Relatives of the SOE agents and First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)

Music
Ophiel van Leer

Following this
Wreath-laying ceremony at the International Monument
Get together

The event will be held in English.

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Commemorative Event for the SOE Agents
Yolande Beekman, Madeleine Damerment, Noor Inayat Khan, Eliane Plewman

Saturday, 14 September 2024, 2 -3.30 pm
Cinema of Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
Pater-Roth-Str. 2a, 85221 Dachau
Admission is free. Registration is requested via Eventbrite.

The venue is barrier-free.
The visitor parking lot of the Dachau Memorial is open.
The offer is not suitable for people under the age of 13.