The authorities of the city-state of Hamburg have decided to declare the former Neuengamme concentration camp an historical monument, ending a prolonged controversy over whether to continue to lease the site for commercial activities. Considerable pressure had been brought to bear by various groups to create a memorial to the 55,000 inmates who died at Neuengamme, out of a total of 106,000 incarcerated there between 1939-1945. According to the authorities the victims were “worked to death.” The former factory that used slave labor will be rebuilt as a memorial and exhibition hall. But one of the buildings presently serving as a prison for youthful offenders will be retained for that purpose.
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