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New Flyer: Authors Wanted
27.07.2026
A new flyer provides information about the Cap Arcona Documentation Center. We are looking for additional contributors for the Cap Arcona portal.
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Cap Arcona Cemetery, Haffkrug
21.07.2026
The new book "Cap Arcona-Haffkrug Cemetery" by Peter Wendt will be presented in Haffkrug on August 14, 2026.
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"Death March" Bike Tour, Süsel 1945
20.07.2026
A bike tour will depart from Haffkrug on Sunday, August 16, 2026, following the route of the death march taken by concentration camp prisoners 81 years ago.
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Sarau Death March Bike Tour, 1945
20.07.2026
The Ahrensbök Memorial is inviting people to join a bike tour along the route of the death march taken by concentration camp prisoners on August 19, 2026.
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Readings from a Baltic Sea Mystery Novel
18.05.2026
Turid Müller's new crime novel, *Unter dem Strand*, explores the lasting effects of the "Cap Arcona" disaster right up to the present day.
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New exhibition in Pönitz
12.05.2026
The exhibition "Cap Arcona - May 3, 1945: The tragedy of the concentration camp ships in the Bay of Lübeck" focuses on eyewitness accounts.
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Focus groups accompany concept phase
11.05.2026
The Multi-peRSPEKTif group kicked things off: Three focus groups will provide specific impulses and impressions for exhibition development.
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Construction site for documentation center
04.05.2026
The gap between the buildings cannot be overlooked: The Cap Arcona Documentation Center is being built next to the zeiTTor Museum.
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Personal stories wanted
17.04.2026
The exhibition organizers are looking for personal accounts of the events of May 1945 for the documentation center.
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The concept
03.03.2026
Historian Julia Werner and historian Stefan Nies developed the concept for the Cap Arcona Documentation Center.
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