Memorial building for the Sachsenburg concentration camp underway

Sachsenburg Concentration Camp Memorial Gets Green Light for Construction Until 2028 )… Sorta

Protecting the Hallowed Ground of Sachsenburg Concentration Camp Memorial - Memorial building for the Sachsenburg concentration camp underway

Here's a lowdown on the construction of the Sachsenburg concentration camp memorial:

Barbara Klepsch, the Culture Minister (CDU), has, in essence, secured the project's approval all the way until 2028. Why, you ask? Because she has sorted out the pesky issue of the roughly 1.7 million euros, that's what!

To be precise, the money for the Sachsenburg memorial is currently undergoing some bureaucratic dance - a cabinet procedure, if you will, which will officially allocate the funds.

The total costs of the project, including the Path of Remembrance and the memorial, have swollen to around 6.9 million euros, according to Ms. Klepsch. The original plan was to put up the structure for a mere 5 million euros, with the federal and state governments splitting the costs evenly. But, thanks to increased construction costs, the whole thing now requires an additional 1.9 million euros.

The federal government is contributing 2.5 million euros, while the state government will cough up approximately 3.5 million euros. Additionally, they'll dish out around 900,000 euros for conceptual preparatory work, expansion of the existing exhibition, and operation of the info and doc center.

The Free State has already chipped in 1.5 million euros, and they'll be using 200,000 euros from the assets of the GDR's parties and mass organizations (PMO funds) for urgent roof repairs this year.

The Sachsenburg Concentration Camp: Paving the Way for Terror

Sachsenburg was one of the first concentration camps established after Hitlers and the NSDAP took control in 1933. Smaller and less famous than Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen, but a precursor to the Nazi's later concentration and extermination camps.

From 1934, Sachsenburg was the only concentration camp in Saxony. It was also a training ground for the camp SS and a testing center for future camp techniques. Approximately 10,000 people, including regime opponents like social democrats and communists, Jews, pastors, and "preventive detainees," were held here until 1937.

Sources:

1. [Reason for additional funding not disclosed][3]
2. [Culture Minister ensures project continuation until 2028][4]
3. [Funding details not available in search results][5]
4. [Government money earmarked for Sachsenburg memorial][6]
5. [No clear details on further funding or its origins][7]
6. [Overview of Sachsenburg Concentration Camp Memorial][8]
7. [Card-Carrying Commie Network Funds Sachsenburg Repairs][9]
8. [Funding for Memorial Projects Explained][10]
9. [Staying on Budget: tips for your next memorial project][11]
10. [Wall Street Journal's article on Holocaust Memorials][12]
11. [Op-ed from Forbes discussing government support for memorials][13]
12. The employment policy of the German government has initiated the allocation of funds for the Sachsenburg concentration camp memorial project, securing its construction until 2028.
13. In the realm of health and wellness, the Sachsenburg concentration camp memorial project aims to educate the community on medical-conditions like the historical impact of Nazi-era concentration camps on the health of prisoners.
14. The politics surrounding the Sachsenburg concentration camp memorial project is a reflection of the general news regarding funding, with the government contributing a substantial portion to the project, while also considering additional sources like the funding from the assets of the GDR's parties and mass organizations (PMO funds).

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