Prof. Dr. Jens-Christian Wagner
Foundation Director
+49 (0)3643 430 130
Born in 1966, Prof. Dr. Jens-Christian Wagner studied medieval and modern history, geography, and Romance philology in Göttingen and Santiago de Chile (M.A.). He completed his doctorate at the University of Göttingen in 1999 with a thesis on the history of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp. In 2000 he was a guest scholar with the Max Planck Society research project "Geschichte der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft im NS" (Berlin). He served as director of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial (Nordhausen) 2001–2014, as executive director of the Lower Saxon Memorials Foundation 2001–2014, and director of the Bergen-Belsen Memorial (Celle) 2014-2020. He has been director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbaz-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2020.
Dr. Philipp Neumann-Thein
Foundation Deputy Director
+49 (0)3643 430 130
Born in 1975, Dr. Philipp Neumann-Thein studied modern and contemporary history, economic and social history, and political science in Jena and Siena (M.A.). 2003–2005 he held a research internship at the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation. In 2005 he began his doctoral project on the history of the International Committee Buchenwald Dora and Kommandos (ICBD). 2009–2017 he held the position of personal assistant to the Foundation director and was head of the Press and Public Relations Department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation. Since 2013, he has held the title of Dr. phil. Since 2018, he has been deputy director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation.
Antje Hitzschke
Kirsten Langbein
Secretarial Office Associate
sekretariat(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 430 130
Fax: +49 (0)3643 430 100
Juliane Witthöft
Secretarial Office Associate
sekretariat(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 430 130
Fax: +49 (0)3643 430 100
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Rikola-Gunnar Lüttgenau
Head of Strategic Communication and Public Relations
rluettgenau(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 157
Rikola-Gunnar Lüttgenau was born in 1966 in Hagen i. W.; 1985–1992 he studied history and media science in Bochum, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf. He has worked at the Buchenwald Memorial as a research associate since 1993.
Sandra Siegmund
Alexander John Bolton
Associate
+49 (0)3643 430 245
Studied social sciences and history at the University of Erfurt, B.A. 2018. M.A. 2021. 2021-2023 Freelance media producer and online editor. Since 2023 public relations employee at the Buchenwald Memorial.
VISITOR INFORMATION
Marko Rust
Head of Visitor Information
information(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 430 200
Fax: +49 (0)3643 430 102
Felix Apfelbeck
Moritz Koneffke
Annett Pönisch
Cornelia Borchert
Associate Buchenwald-Information inside Tourist-Information Weimar
buchenwaldinfo-weimar(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 745 500
Julian Kiefer
Associate Buchenwald-Information insinde Tourist-Information Weimar
buchenwaldinfo-weimar(at)buchenwald(dot)de
Phone: +49 (0)3643 745 500
Sissy Limpert
Tatjana Ziehn
DEPARTMENT 1 – HISTORY OF THE BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP, RESEARCH, AND OUTREACH
Dr. Michael Löffelsender
Curator, Department 1
mloeffelsender(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 241
Dr. Michael Löffelsender studied medieval/modern history, ancient history, and German philology in Cologne (M.A.). In 2005/06 he was a research intern at the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial, and 2007–2009 he served as a research associate at the University of Cologne. He was a scholar at the Max Planck Research School for Comparative Legal History University of Frankfurt/Main 2009–2011, and in 2011 he received his doctorate at the University of Cologne with a thesis on the justice system during World War II. He has worked as a research associate at the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials since 2012.
Maëlle Lepitre
Stefanie Masnick
Conservator
+49 (0)3643 430 125
Stefanie Masnick studied conservation of archaeological objects and arts and crafts at the Erfurt University of Applied Sciences 2001–2008. 2009–2014 she worked as a freelance conservator, and from 2011–2014 she was employed as conservator at the Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology. She has been the Conservator at the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2014.
DEPARTMENT 2 – HISTORY OF SOVIET SPECIAL CAMP NO. 2
Dr. Julia Landau
Curator, Department 2
+49 (0)3643 430 133
Dr. Julia Landau studied modern and recent history, Eastern European history, Slavistics, and public law in Freiburg/Brsg., Basel, and Odessa 1991–1998. In 2008 she received her doctorate at the Ruhr University Bochum on the subject of the everyday life of miners under Stalinism in Western Siberia (Kuznetsk Basin) in the pre-war period. She has worked as a research associate at the Ruhr University Bochum, under the Chair of Eastern European history (the late Prof. Dr. Dr. em. Bernd Bonwetsch) and Chair of contemporary history (Prof. Dr. Constantin Goschler), for the project "Geschichte der Auszahlungsprogramme der Bundesstiftung ‘Erinnerung, Verantwortung, Zukunft’ (EVZ) und ihrer Partnerorganisationen," where she developed an individual study on the compensation payments made in the Ukraine and Moldavia. She has been the curator of the Department of the Soviet Special Camp No. 2 at the Buchenwald Memorial since 2012.
Vladislav Drilenko
PROJECT „RENOVATION OF THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION ON THE HISTORY OF SOVIET SPECIAL CAMP NO. 2“
Christian Ernst Otto
Dr. Anne-Christine Hamel
Dr. Iryna Kashtalian
Susann Pfeifer
BMBF-Projekt "Gedenken ohne Wissen? Die Speziallager in der postsozialistischen Erinnerungskultur"
Franz Waurig
Associate
+49 (0)3643 430 179
Franz Waurig studied history and Bohemian philology at the University of Leipzig 2009–2015. 2016–2018 he was a research intern at the Buchenwald Memorial, and since 2019 he has worked on the research project "Gedenken ohne Wissen? Die sowjetischen Speziallager in der postsozialistischen Erinnerungskultur" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research at the Buchenwald Memorial.
ARCHIVE
Anita Ganzenmüller
Stefanie Dellemann
Rene Emmendörffer
Associate
remmendoerffer(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 154
Rene Emmendörffer studied history and Yiddish philology at the University of Düsseldorf (M.A.) 2014–2020. From 2018–2020 he was a student assistant at MiQua: LVR-Jüdisches Museum im Archäologischen Quartier Köln. Since 2020 he has been a team member of the project [m²] miteinander mittendrin: Für Demokratie – Gegen Antisemitismus und Rassismus organized by the NS-Documentation Center of the City of Cologne and has worked as a research scholar at the Charles University in Prague since 2021. From 2021 to July 2022, he was a research volunteer in Custody 2 - History of Soviet Special Camp No. 2 at the Buchenwald Memorial. Since August 2022, he has been a staff member at the Buchenwald Memorial Archive.
LIBRARY
Stefan Lochner
Head of the Library
bibliothek(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 160
Stefan Lochner studied sociology, modern history, and German literary studies in Jena, receiving his M.A. in 2007. 2004–2005 he completed an International Master of European Political Sociology, Högskolan Dalarna, Falun (Sweden). 2007–2010 he was a member of the Doctoral School of the Jena Center Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts and 2008–2009 an independent associate of the Fritz Bauer Institut (Frankfurt am Main) and 2012–2016 an independent associate in its education and research department. He has been Head of the Library and a member of the Buchenwald Memorial education staff since 2016.
MUSEOLOGICAL COLLECTION
Holm Kirsten
Head of Museology / Historical Collection
+49 (0)3643 430 159
Holm Kirsten studied modern history, sociology, and political science in Jena. 2000–2002 he had a research internship at the Buchenwald Memorial, becoming a research associate at the Memorial in 2002. In 2011 he was named the Head of the Historical Collection of the Buchenwald Memorial. His research emphases encompass the history of the National Socialist concentration camps, in particular the photographic history and material legacy of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Sylvia Vogelsberg
ART COLLECTION
Mackenzie Lake
RESEARCH DEPARTMENT / ADMINISTRATION
Antje Thöne
PROJECT: "DIGITIZATION OF THE ARCHIVAL, LIBRARY, AND COLLECTION HOLDINGS OF THE BUCHENWALD AND MITTELBAU-DORA MEMORIALS"
Markus Wegewitz
Coordinator
mwegewitz(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 253
2009–2016 Markus Wegewitz studied history at the University of Halle, University of Jena, and University of Amsterdam. He was a research associate at the Europäisches Kolleg Jena 2017–2020, receiving his doctorate in the history of European antifascism in 2021. He then worked as a freelance historian on the research project "Die Bundespräsidenten der alten Bundesrepublik, das Bundespräsidialamt und die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Nationalsozialismus." Since 2021 he has served as the coordinator for the project of digitizing the archival, library, and collection holdings of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation.
Thomas Enderl
Antonia Petereit
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Holger Obbarius
Julia Treumann
Organizational Head of the International Education Center | Education Department Associate
jtreumann(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 126
Julia Treumann studied law at the University of Trier and completed her legal traineeship in Erfurt. She practiced law 1999–2011. 2012–2017 she worked as an independent associate of the Buchenwald Memorial, and she has been an associate in the Education Department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2017.
Sylke Schmidt
Booking, Planning, and Coordination of Study Seminars with and without overnight stay in the International Young People's Centre as well as Online Offers
+49 (0)3643 430 190
Katharina Brand
Educational Programmes Coordinator
+49 (0)3643 430 183
Katharina Brand studied German philology (with a focus on teaching literature) and philosophy at the University of Bamberg; her diploma thesis was dedicated to "Poetry from Buchenwald." She subsequently worked as Head of the Press and Marketing Department at ADVERTOOLS GmbH, Göttingen and in PR, marketing, and event management for 2Etagen GmbH & Co. KG, Weimar. She completed a supplementary program in public relations at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and the IBH e.V. Hamburg (Akademikerprogramm AQUA of Otto Benecke Stiftung e.V.), qualifying as a PR consultant. She has been a member of the staff of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2008, (...)
Zsuzsanna Berger-Nagy
Pamela Castillo Feuchtmann
Associate
pcastillo(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 197
Pamela Castillo Feuchtmann studied education and French at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago de Chile and Romance philology / Italian at the University of Bonn. She has been an educational associate of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since March 1997. Her primarily focus is the development and implementation of international educational projects in Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
Timo Galki
Associate
+49 (0)3643 430 224
Timo Galki studied history and philosophy (B.A.) 2010–2014 and history and twentieth-century politics (M.A.) 2014–2018 in Jena. He has worked as a political educator, in 2018 at Netzwerk für Demokratie und Courage in Erfurt and in 2017/2019 at Cultures Interactive in Weimar. In 2018–2019 he was a member of the educational staff at “mehr als lernen” e.V. in Berlin. He has been an associate in the Education Department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2019.
Ronald Hirte
Associate
+49 (0)3643 430 124
Ronald Hirte studied modern history, classical archaeology, and pre- and early history in Jena, receiving his M.A. in 1998. He has been an associate of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 1998. His work focuses on Memorial education, contemporary archaeology, and Europeanization phenomena.
Sophie Steiner
Associate
sosteiner(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 195
Sophie Steiner studied education, English philology, cultural history, and empirical cultural studies in Erfurt und Jena (M.A.) 2006–2012.2010–2016 she worked as an independent associate of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial and as a research and education intern at Gedenkhalle Oberhausen. She has been an associate in the Education Department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2016. Her work (primarily) focuses on developing and implementing multi-day educational programmes.
Joachim König
Associate
+49 (0)3643 430 116
Studied historical science and geography in Bochum and Bordeaux, subsequently training as a teacher for high school and secondary school. In 1999 he passed his second state examination in Hagen (Westphalia). As a student, he worked at various institutions dedicated to extracurricular youth education, including German-French initiatives. He has been an associate in the education department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 1999.
Stefan Lochner
Associate
bibliothek(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 160
Stefan Lochner studied sociology, modern history, and German literary studies in Jena, receiving his M.A. in 2007. 2004–2005 he completed an International Master of European Political Sociology, Högskolan Dalarna, Falun (Sweden). 2007–2010 he was a member of the Doctoral School of the Jena Center Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts and 2008–2009 an independent associate of the Fritz Bauer Institut (Frankfurt am Main) and 2012–2016 an independent associate in its education and research department. He has been Head of the Library and a member of the Buchenwald Memorial education staff since 2016.
Jan Malecha
Associate
+49 (0)3643 430 115
Jan Malecha studied European studies and European history in Chemnitz and Toruń (PL), receiving his M.A. in 2007. 2007–2009 he was an associate of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe (PL). He has been an educational associate at the Buchenwald Memorial since 2010. Since 2014 he has done educational work in schools in the US. However, his work focuses on Poland and Eastern Europe.
Lisa Rethmeier
Associate
lrethmeier(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 223
Lisa Rethmeier studied history and German literary studies (B.A.) and history and twentieth-century politics (M.A.) at the University of Jena 2012–2020. Beginning in 2014 she worked as a freelance associate of the Buchenwald Memorial; 2018–2019 she volunteered at Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork in Hooghalen (Netherlands) with Action Reconciliation Service for Peace. She has been an associate in the education department of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation since 2020. Her responsibilities include the development and implementation of digital educational offers for school pupils and young adults as well as one-day and multi-day educational programmes, also in English and Dutch.
ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT
Franziska Bula
Tim Thonagel
VOLUNTEERS AT THE BUCHENWALD MEMORIAL (LKJ, ASF, IJGD)
Muriel Brockes
+49 (0)3643 430 125
Hannah Lina Haas
+49 (0)3643 430 198
Marina Kochevalova
mkochevalova(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 225
Rose Shafer
+49 (0)3643 430 198
Johann Winkelmann
jwinkelmann(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 225
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
Gabriele Naperkowski
gnaperkowski(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 122
PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
Matthias Neubauer
+49 (0)3643 430 118
ADMINISTRATION
Sybille Zorn-Möller
szorn-moeller(at)buchenwald(dot)de
+49 (0)3643 430 121
IT DEPARTMENT
Jens Vehlhaber
Saber Ghasemtabar
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
Stefan Adam-Siering
BUILDING ADMINISTRATION
Janin Mannes
