Collaboration - Buchenwald Memorial

A group stands on the parking space. They are listening to a guide. In the background is a building of the International Youth Meeting Center.

Freelancers Become an educational guide at the memorial

Interested individuals can train as instructors, who competently provide guidance and teaching for individuals and groups touring the grounds during a visit to the Buchenwald Memorial.

A young woman is standing on a meadow in front of a microphone and is reading from a piece of paper.

Voluntary service at the memorial Gaining new experience after leaving school

Every year, five international young people do voluntary service at the Buchenwald Memorial.

A person cleans an old eating bowl. On the table in front of the person are historical objects. People in lab coats in the background at equipment.

FSJ in the preservation of historical monuments Preserving found objects

In the FSJ Monument Conservation (Restoration) you work on historical originals and take on educational tasks.

Two teenage volunteers work on memorial stones of the Buchenwald Railway Memorial Trail with hammer and chisel

International Study- und Workcamps (Summercamps) A different engagement with the history of the place

Every summer, three international summer camps take place at the Buchenwald Memorial. Young people from different countries can apply for the two-week programme at one of our partner organisations.

The group of figures at the Buchenwald Memorial in front of the memorial's bell tower at night. Both the group of figures and the bell tower are illuminated.

Buchenwald Support Association e.V. a network of committed people

The Buchenwald Memorial needs friends. Not only because the preservation of memory costs money. It needs them because its work is all the more effective when it is integrated into a strong and diverse network.

Memorial stones engraved with the names of the victims line the side of the Buchenwaldbahn Memorial Trail.

Initiative: Buchenwald Railway Memorial Path Engrave commemorative stones

The initiative also offers individuals the editing of a memorial stone on the Buchenwald Railway Memorial Trail. This takes between three to four days. During this time, you carve the name of one of the deported children into a river stone.

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