Prof. Dr. Jens-Christian Wagner
Foundation Director
jwagner(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 130
Born in 1966, Prof. Dr. Jens-Christian Wagner studied medieval and modern history, geography, and Romance philology in Göttingen and Santiago de Chile (M.A.). He completed his doctorate at the University of Göttingen in 1999 with a thesis on the history of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp. In 2000 he was a guest scholar with the Max Planck Society research project "Geschichte der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft im NS" (Berlin). He served as director of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial (Nordhausen) 2001–2014, as executive director of the Lower Saxon Memorials Foundation 2001–2014, and director of the Bergen-Belsen Memorial (Celle) 2014-2020. He has been director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbaz-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2020.
Dr. Philipp Neumann-Thein
Foundation Deputy Director
pneumann(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 130
Born in 1975, Dr. Philipp Neumann-Thein studied modern and contemporary history, economic and social history, and political science in Jena and Siena (M.A.). 2003–2005 he held a research internship at the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation. In 2005 he began his doctoral project on the history of the International Committee Buchenwald Dora and Kommandos (ICBD). 2009–2017 he held the position of personal assistant to the Foundation director and was head of the Press and Public Relations Department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation. Since 2013, he has held the title of Dr. phil. Since 2018, he has been deputy director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation.
Antje Hitzschke
Director of Administration
ahitzschke(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 137
Kirsten Langbein
Secretarial Office Associate
sekretariat(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 430 130
Fax: +49 (0)3643 430 100
Juliane Witthöft
Secretarial Office Associate
sekretariat(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 430 130
Fax: +49 (0)3643 430 100
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Rikola-Gunnar Lüttgenau
Head of Strategic Communication and Public Relations
rluettgenau(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 157
Rikola-Gunnar Lüttgenau was born in 1966 in Hagen i. W.; 1985–1992 he studied history and media science in Bochum, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf. He has worked at the Buchenwald Memorial as a research associate since 1993.
Dr. Dorothee Schlüter
Research Associate
dschlueter(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 138
Dr. Dorothee Schlüter studied cultural studies, literature, and media sciences in Siegen, Frankfurt (Oder), and Santiago de Chile, receiving her B.A. in 2006, her M.A. in 2010, and her doctorate in 2013. 2013–2014 she worked as a research associate with Espacio Patrimonio (NGO: Advanced Studies in Cultural Heritage) in Santiago de Chile. 2016–2018 she was an associate in the programme department (culture programmes and social media) of the Goethe-Institut Chile. Since 2019 she has worked as a research associate of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation.
Sandra Siegmund
Associate
presse(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 143
Alexander John Bolton
Associate
abolton(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 245
Studied social sciences and history at the University of Erfurt, B.A. 2018. M.A. 2021. 2021-2023 Freelance media producer and online editor. Since 2023 public relations employee at the Buchenwald Memorial.
VISITOR INFORMATION
Marko Rust
Head of Visitor Information
information(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 430 200
Fax: +49 (0)3643 430 102
Annett Pönisch
Associate
information(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 430 200
Fax: +49 (0)3643 430 102
Moritz Koneffke
Associate
mkoneffke(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49(0)3643 430 245
Cornelia Borchert
Associate Buchenwald Information in the Tourist-Information Weimar
buchenwaldinfo-weimar(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 745 500
Julian Kiefer
Associate Buchenwald Information in the Tourist-Information Weimar
buchenwaldinfo-weimar(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 745 500
Sissy Limpert
Bookshop Associate
buchhandlung(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 151
Tatjana Ziehn
Bookshop Associate
buchhandlung(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 151
DEPARTMENT 1 – HISTORY OF THE BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP, RESEARCH, AND OUTREACH
Dr. Michael Löffelsender
Curator, Department 1
mloeffelsender(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 241
Dr. Michael Löffelsender studied medieval/modern history, ancient history, and German philology in Cologne (M.A.). In 2005/06 he was a research intern at the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial, and 2007–2009 he served as a research associate at the University of Cologne. He was a scholar at the Max Planck Research School for Comparative Legal History University of Frankfurt/Main 2009–2011, and in 2011 he received his doctorate at the University of Cologne with a thesis on the justice system during World War II. He has worked as a research associate at the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials since 2012.
Dr. Gwendoline Cicottini
Research Intern
gcicottini(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 148
Gwendoline Cicottini studied modern history at the University of Aix-Marseille (M.A.) 2010–2015. 2018–2020 she was a scholar of the Gerda Henkel Foundation. In 2020 she completed her binational doctorate at the University of Tübingen and the University of Aix-Marseille on forbidden relations between German women and French prisoners of war and their children. Since 2021 she has worked as a research intern at the Buchenwald Memorial.
Stefanie Masnick
Conservator
smasnick(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 125
Stefanie Masnick studied conservation of archaeological objects and arts and crafts at the Erfurt University of Applied Sciences 2001–2008. 2009–2014 she worked as a freelance conservator, and from 2011–2014 she was employed as conservator at the Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology. She has been the Conservator at the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2014.
DEPARTMENT 2 – HISTORY OF SOVIET SPECIAL CAMP NO. 2
Dr. Julia Landau
Curator, Department 2
jlandau(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 133
Dr. Julia Landau studied modern and recent history, Eastern European history, Slavistics, and public law in Freiburg/Brsg., Basel, and Odessa 1991–1998. In 2008 she received her doctorate at the Ruhr University Bochum on the subject of the everyday life of miners under Stalinism in Western Siberia (Kuznetsk Basin) in the pre-war period. She has worked as a research associate at the Ruhr University Bochum, under the Chair of Eastern European history (the late Prof. Dr. Dr. em. Bernd Bonwetsch) and Chair of contemporary history (Prof. Dr. Constantin Goschler), for the project "Geschichte der Auszahlungsprogramme der Bundesstiftung ‘Erinnerung, Verantwortung, Zukunft’ (EVZ) und ihrer Partnerorganisationen," where she developed an individual study on the compensation payments made in the Ukraine and Moldavia. She has been the curator of the Department of the Soviet Special Camp No. 2 at the Buchenwald Memorial since 2012.
Vladislav Drilenko
Research Intern
vdrilenko(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 189
DEPARTMENT 3 – NATIONAL SOCIALIST FORCED LABOUR
Dr. Daniel Logemann
Curator, Department 3
dlogemann(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 249
Dr. Daniel Logemann studied Eastern European history, Polish literature, and Southeast European studies in Jena, Lublin, and Cracow, receiving his M.A. in 2007 and doctorate in 2010. 2010–2015 he worked as a research associate and curator at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk. 2015–2018 he was the managing director at the Europäisches Kolleg Jena: Das 20. Jahrhundert und seine Repräsentationen. He has been a research associate of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2018.
Dr. Dorothee Schlüter
Research Associate in Strategic Communication and Public Relations for the Museum of Forced Labour under National Socialism
dschlueter(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 138
Dr. Dorothee Schlüter studied cultural studies, literature, and media sciences in Siegen, Frankfurt (Oder), and Santiago de Chile, receiving her B.A. in 2006, her M.A. in 2010, and her doctorate in 2013. 2013–2014 she worked as a research associate with Espacio Patrimonio (NGO: Advanced Studies in Cultural Heritage) in Santiago de Chile. 2016–2018 she was an associate in the programme department (culture programmes and social media) of the Goethe-Institut Chile. Since 2019 she has worked as a research associate of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation.
Karoline Wirth
Educational Advisor for the Museum of Forced Labour under National Socialism
kwirth(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 187
Kathleen Böttcher
Administration Associate for the Museum of Forced Labor under National Socialism
kboettcher(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 135
ARCHIVE
Anita Ganzenmüller
Head of the Archive
archives(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 154
Stefanie Dellemann
Associate
sdellemann(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 154
Rene Emmendörffer
Associate
remmendoerffer(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 154
Rene Emmendörffer studied history and Yiddish philology at the University of Düsseldorf (M.A.) 2014–2020. From 2018–2020 he was a student assistant at MiQua: LVR-Jüdisches Museum im Archäologischen Quartier Köln. Since 2020 he has been a team member of the project [m²] miteinander mittendrin: Für Demokratie – Gegen Antisemitismus und Rassismus organized by the NS-Documentation Center of the City of Cologne and has worked as a research scholar at the Charles University in Prague since 2021. From 2021 to July 2022, he was a research volunteer in Custody 2 - History of Soviet Special Camp No. 2 at the Buchenwald Memorial. Since August 2022, he has been a staff member at the Buchenwald Memorial Archive.
LIBRARY
Stefan Lochner
Head of the Library
bibliothek(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 160
Stefan Lochner studied sociology, modern history, and German literary studies in Jena, receiving his M.A. in 2007. 2004–2005 he completed an International Master of European Political Sociology, Högskolan Dalarna, Falun (Sweden). 2007–2010 he was a member of the Doctoral School of the Jena Center Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts and 2008–2009 an independent associate of the Fritz Bauer Institut (Frankfurt am Main) and 2012–2016 an independent associate in its education and research department. He has been Head of the Library and a member of the Buchenwald Memorial education staff since 2016.
MUSEOLOGICAL COLLECTION
Holm Kirsten
Head of Museology / Historical Collection
hkirsten(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 159
Holm Kirsten studied modern history, sociology, and political science in Jena. 2000–2002 he had a research internship at the Buchenwald Memorial, becoming a research associate at the Memorial in 2002. In 2011 he was named the Head of the Historical Collection of the Buchenwald Memorial. His research emphases encompass the history of the National Socialist concentration camps, in particular the photographic history and material legacy of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Sylvia Vogelsberg
Associate Museology / Historical Collection
svogelsberg(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 160
ART COLLECTION
Mackenzie Lake
Research Associate
kunstsammlung(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 141
RESEARCH DEPARTMENT / ADMINISTRATION
Antje Thöne
Associate
athoene(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 188
PROJECT: "DIGITIZATION OF THE ARCHIVAL, LIBRARY, AND COLLECTION HOLDINGS OF THE BUCHENWALD AND MITTELBAU-DORA MEMORIALS"
Markus Wegewitz
Coordinator
mwegewitz(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 253
2009–2016 Markus Wegewitz studied history at the University of Halle, University of Jena, and University of Amsterdam. He was a research associate at the Europäisches Kolleg Jena 2017–2020, receiving his doctorate in the history of European antifascism in 2021. He then worked as a freelance historian on the research project "Die Bundespräsidenten der alten Bundesrepublik, das Bundespräsidialamt und die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Nationalsozialismus." Since 2021 he has served as the coordinator for the project of digitizing the archival, library, and collection holdings of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation.
Thomas Enderl
Associate
tenderl(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 246
Tähti Schmidt
Associate
tschmidt(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 214
Antonia Petereit
Scientific Documentalist
apetereit(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 252
Anika Wieland
Associate for Project Administration
awieland(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 211
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Holger Obbarius
Head of the Education Department
hobbarius(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 222
Brita Heinrichs
Deputy Head of the Education Department
bheinrichs(at)dora(dot)de
+49 (0)3631 495 822
1985–1990 studied at the Pädagogische Hochschule Leipzig, diploma in teaching.
Julia Treumann
Organizational Head of the International Young People's Center | Education Department Associate
jtreumann(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 126
Julia Treumann studied law at the University of Trier and completed her legal traineeship in Erfurt. She practiced law 1999–2011. 2012–2017 she worked as an independent associate of the Buchenwald Memorial, and she has been an associate in the Education Department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2017. Lecturer at the MLU Halle-Wittenberg.
Sylke Schmidt
Booking, Planning, and Coordination of Study Seminars with and without overnight stay in the International Young People's Centre as well as Online Offers
ibs(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 190
Katharina Brand
Educational Programmes Coordinator
kbrand(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 183
Katharina Brand studied German philology (with a focus on teaching literature) and philosophy at the University of Bamberg; her diploma thesis was dedicated to "Poetry from Buchenwald." She subsequently worked as Head of the Press and Marketing Department at ADVERTOOLS GmbH, Göttingen and in PR, marketing, and event management for 2Etagen GmbH & Co. KG, Weimar. She completed a supplementary program in public relations at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and the IBH e.V. Hamburg (Akademikerprogramm AQUA of Otto Benecke Stiftung e.V.), qualifying as a PR consultant. She has been a member of the staff of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2008, (...)
Zsuzsanna Berger-Nagy
One-Day Projects
zsnagy(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 123
Pamela Castillo Feuchtmann
Associate
pcastillo(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 197
Pamela Castillo Feuchtmann studied education and French at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago de Chile and Romance philology / Italian at the University of Bonn. She has been an educational associate of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since March 1997. Her primarily focus is the development and implementation of international educational projects in Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
Timo Galki
Associate
tgalki(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 224
Timo Galki studied history and philosophy (B.A.) 2010–2014 and history and twentieth-century politics (M.A.) 2014–2018 in Jena. He has worked as a political educator, in 2018 at Netzwerk für Demokratie und Courage in Erfurt and in 2017/2019 at Cultures Interactive in Weimar. In 2018–2019 he was a member of the educational staff at “mehr als lernen” e.V. in Berlin. He has been an associate in the Education Department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2019.
Ronald Hirte
Associate
rhirte(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 124
Ronald Hirte studied modern history, classical archaeology, and pre- and early history in Jena, receiving his M.A. in 1998. He has been an associate of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 1998. His work focuses on Memorial education, contemporary archaeology, and Europeanization phenomena.
Sophie Steiner
Associate
sosteiner(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 195
Sophie Steiner studied education, English philology, cultural history, and empirical cultural studies in Erfurt und Jena (M.A.) 2006–2012.2010–2016 she worked as an independent associate of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial and as a research and education intern at Gedenkhalle Oberhausen. She has been an associate in the Education Department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2016. Her work (primarily) focuses on developing and implementing multi-day educational programmes.
Joachim König
Associate
jkoenig(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 116
Studied historical science and geography in Bochum and Bordeaux, subsequently training as a teacher for high school and secondary school. In 1999 he passed his second state examination in Hagen (Westphalia). As a student, he worked at various institutions dedicated to extracurricular youth education, including German-French initiatives. He has been an associate in the education department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 1999.
Stefan Lochner
Associate
bibliothek(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 160
Stefan Lochner studied sociology, modern history, and German literary studies in Jena, receiving his M.A. in 2007. 2004–2005 he completed an International Master of European Political Sociology, Högskolan Dalarna, Falun (Sweden). 2007–2010 he was a member of the Doctoral School of the Jena Center Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts and 2008–2009 an independent associate of the Fritz Bauer Institut (Frankfurt am Main) and 2012–2016 an independent associate in its education and research department. He has been Head of the Library and a member of the Buchenwald Memorial education staff since 2016.
Jan Malecha
Associate
jmalecha(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 115
Jan Malecha studied European studies and European history in Chemnitz and Toruń (PL), receiving his M.A. in 2007. 2007–2009 he was an associate of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe (PL). He has been an educational associate at the Buchenwald Memorial since 2010. Since 2014 he has done educational work in schools in the US. However, his work focuses on Poland and Eastern Europe.
Lisa Rethmeier
Associate
lrethmeier(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 223
Lisa Rethmeier studied history and German literary studies (B.A.) and history and twentieth-century politics (M.A.) at the University of Jena 2012–2020. Beginning in 2014 she worked as a freelance associate of the Buchenwald Memorial; 2018–2019 she volunteered at Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork in Hooghalen (Netherlands) with Action Reconciliation Service for Peace. She has been an associate in the education department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2020. Her responsibilities include the development and implementation of digital educational offers for school pupils and young adults as well as one-day and multi-day educational programmes, also in English and Dutch.
FEDERALLY FUNDED MUSEUM ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT
Franziska Bula
Associate
fbula(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 113
Tim Thonagel
Associate
tthonagel(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 195
VOLUNTEERS AT THE BUCHENWALD MEMORIAL (LKJ, ASF, IJGD)
Aleksandra Babitskaia
ababitskaia(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 225
Meike Bihr
mbihr(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 225
Sara Brunner
sbrunner(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 198
Helena Ellinger
hellinger(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 125
Maximilian Rybka
mrybka(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 198
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
Gabriele Naperkowski
gnaperkowski(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 122
PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
Matthias Neubauer
personal(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 118
ADMINISTRATION
Sybille Zorn-Möller
szorn-moeller(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 121
IT DEPARTMENT
Jens Vehlhaber
System Administrator
jvehlhaber(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 147
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
Stefan Adam-Siering
Head of Construction Engineering
stadam-siering(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 129
BUILDING ADMINISTRATION
Janin Mannes
Head of Building Administration
jmannes(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 134
Cathrin Howe
Associate
chowe(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 134
