Print of the photobook „REIMAHG – A pictorial History“
Development and first preparations, meetings for the overall project – Commemorations for the 65th Anniversary of the Liberation in Langenorla
Project development for a photo documentation “Liberation of Thuringia in April 1945“
Visit to the Pieters family, Holland, who’s father was a forced laborer
Discovering the history in France
Presentation of the concept and agreements on the museum in Kahla
Research at the Scientific Collection of Defense archives in Koblenz
Preparations on the objects for exhibition, Museum Kahla
Continuation with training dance group for the commemoration in Langenorla
Meeting and interview with the US veteran Charles Payne (Uncle of President Obama) and other veterans at the Memorial Site Buchenwald
Continuation with training dance group for the commemoration in Langenorla
Return of WW2 US veterans and their relatives, 89th Infantry Division
During one week we escort our foreign guests with a cultural programm
Organization of an international Youth Camp with participants from four nations
Organization of a historical Allied military camp as in 1945, with international participation
Visit to the Memorial sites of Buchenwald and Ohrdruf with all guests and participants of the international Youth Camp
International commemoration in Langenorla
Evening event, following European Day and the celebration of „Fest der Völkerverständigung“
Special exhibition about the end of the war in Thuringia, 1945
While conducting research in different foreign archives, we discover a new unknown film that was shot 1945 in the „REIMAHG“
Meeting and interviewing of witnesses, reception of of documents
Participation at the commemorations in Normandy, France, in Uffheim/Alsace, in Birmersdorf/Switzerland, in Rochelinval/Belgium, Remagen, Langenorla und Kahla/Germany, Plzen/Czech Republic, participation at the „Liberty Convoy“ in Plauen and Vogtland
Support and assistance with the ceremonies for Belgian veterans in Merchtem
Our association has supported on a large scale, since 2009, the exhibition project around “Forced Labor”. An initiative by the Memorial Foundation Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora, supported by the „Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft“ Foundation, with whom we already worked in the past in different projects. A special interest by the project leader went to the private archives of Patrick Brion, who has conducted historical research on the history of the “REIMAHG” on a global scale since more then 20 years. Dr. Lutz Priess, Weimar/Buchenwald travelled to Brussels, Belgium to consult those archives.