Buchenwald Memorial Mittelbau-Dora Memorial Museum Zwangsarbeit im NS

79. Planting campaign "1000 beeches"

15.04.2023, 18:30 PM‒20:00 PM

Commemoration

Kromsdorf (Schloss) in Richtung Radweg

4.30 p.m.

1000 Buchen

11 April 2023 marks the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp.
It is the 78th anniversary. Four days before the liberation, on 7 April 1945, the SS began to clear the camp.
Tens of thousands of prisoners were sent on so-called death marches. About one in three
died of exhaustion on the way or was murdered by the SS, the Volkssturm or young
or youths of the Hitler Youth.

On the occasion of this year's anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, we will be
project "1000 Buchen", nine trees will be planted in the municipality of Kromsdorf to commemorate the death marches and the victims of the National Socialist "euthanasia" murder programme.
The sponsorships are taken over by relatives and friends.

The sponsorships are taken on by relatives and friends of people who were imprisoned in the Buchen-
Buchenwald concentration camp, as well as the Lebenshilfe for people with mental disabilities
Association of Weimar.

We cordially invite you to the joint planting event on Saturday, 15 April 2023, at 4.30 p.m. in Kromsdorf.
we cordially invite you. We will meet a quarter of an hour beforehand at the beginning of the cycle path to Denstedt/near Denstedt.
of the cycle path to Denstedt/near Kromsdorf Castle.

An event of the inclusive memorial project of the Lebenshilfe-Werk Weimar/Apolda e.V.

Supported by the Buchenwald and Mittelbau Dora Memorial Foundation in cooperation with the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen.


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