All human beings
are born free and
equal
in dignity and
rights.

1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1

11 April 2020 – 75th Anniversary
of the liberation of the
Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps

History

Mittelbau-Dora Memorial

Memorials

Memorial event at the Ehrenfriedhof (honorary cemetery) in Nordhausen, April 1954

Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation, April 1995

Commemorative event in the newly-opened tunnel system for visitors, April 1995

Commemoration of the 61th anniversary of the liberation, 12 April 2006. From right to left: Jens-Christian Wagner (director of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial Site), Albert van Hoey (Chairman of the Former Buchenwald Concentration Camp Inmates’ Advisory Board), Volkhard Knigge (Director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation)

Commemoration of the 63rd anniversary of the liberation, 10 April 2008

Remembrance event by the city of Nordhausen and by the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp memorial to mark the 65th anniversary of the liberation, at the Nordhausen Theatre, 12 April 2010

Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation, 13 April 2015