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The Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial as an international place of remembrance is in the centre of the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning sites commemorating the victims of Nazi crimes. We as a Foundation preserve, broaden and convey knowledge about the National Socialist era. We provide places for dignified commemoration and active remembrance at sites where National Socialist crimes were once perpetrated. Its main task is to document and convey the persecution and the resistance of women and men from Hamburg, Germany and Europe as well as the deportation and forced labour in Hamburg and northern Germany. It also provides information on the impact and repercussions of National Socialist crimes and reflects critically on the way in which society has addressed these historical events, right through to the present day. It promotes empathy with the persecuted, their relatives and descendants and offers a platform for their concerns to be heard. As the body sponsoring contemporary history museums and learning centres the Foundation has a politico-historical educational mandate. In this regard it co-operates with schools, youth associations and adult education institutions in particular. The Foundation advocates dialogue at the international level, the strengthening of socio-political responsibility, the promotion of social interaction, and diversity in all its forms.