To mark the 86th anniversary of Carl von Ossietzky's death on 4 May 2024, there will be a visit to the Esterwegen Memorial. In the summer of 1933, a concentration camp was set up in Esterwegen, just 45 kilometres from Oldenburg, to house political prisoners. One of these prisoners was the Nobel Peace Prize winner and namesake of our university, Carl von Ossietzky, who died in Berlin in 1938 as a result of his imprisonment in a concentration camp. The memorial, opened in 2011 on the site of the Esterwegen concentration camp, commemorates the 15 Emsland camps and their victims.

The visit programme includes a lecture on the history of the Emsland camps and a guided tour of the camp grounds. This can be followed by an individual visit to the exhibition in the information centre, which focuses on the life and suffering of the prisoners in the camps.

The offer is free of charge and is aimed exclusively at students and employees of the university. There will be a shared bus transfer.

With the kind support of the Barthel Foundation.

University of Oldenburg, Uhlhornsweg (at the pedestrian bridge)