Securing Funds for Sachsenburg Memorial Site Expansion until 2028
Security Reinforced at Sachsenburg Concentration Camp Historical Site - Commencement of the Sachsenburg Concentration Camp Memorial Project
Listen up! The cash flow for the Sachsenburg Memorial Site's development is all set until 2028, thanks to an additional 1.7 million euros procured. Culture Minister Barbara Klepsch (CDU) confirmed the news, assuring the project's continuity through a governmental process.
The Sachsenburg Memorial Site holds a significant place in the early phase of the Nazi regime's history in Saxony. The total budget for the project, including the Path of Remembrance and the memorial, now totals around 6.9 million euros, increased from the initial 5 million euros plan.
With rising construction costs, the current expenses have surpassed the initial financial plans. Of the total amount, the federal government will contribute 2.5 million euros, while the state's share is projected to reach around 3.5 million euros, plus an additional 900,000 euros for preliminary work, expanding the existing exhibition, and operating the information and documentation center.
The Free State has already shelled out 1.5 million euros for the construction. Additionally, 200,000 euros from assets owned by parties and mass organizations of the GDR (PMO funds) have been allocated for urgent roof repairs this year.
Sachsenburg was one of the first concentration camps established post-Hitler's seizure of power in 1933, preceding better-known camps like Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen. While Sachsenburg may be smaller and less famous, it paved the way for later concentration and extermination camps utilized by the Nazis.
Operating from 1934 until 1937, around 10,000 regime opponents, including social democrats, trade unionists, communists, Jews, pastors, and preventive detainees were interned in the only concentration camp present in Saxony. It also served as an experimental ground and training center for the camp SS.
- Sachsenburg Memorial Site
- Saxony
- Frankenberg
- Barbara Klepsch
- CDU
- Mittelsachsen
- Concentration Camp
- Site of Remembrance
- It would be beneficial for the Community policy to include funding mechanisms for the preservation and expansion of historical sites like the Sachsenburg Memorial Site, considering its significance in the early phase of the Nazi regime and its contribution to the development of concentration camps.
- While discussing General news, medical-conditions, politics, and science, it's worth noting that the ongoing expansion of the Sachsenburg Memorial Site could shed light on the human rights violation and cruel experimentation that occurred under the Nazi regime, providing valuable insights for future history and social studies.
