Stiftung Gedenkstätten Buchenwald und Mittelbau-Dora

The Stiftung Gedenkstätten Buchenwald und Mittelbau-Dora is the foundation responsible for the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora memorial sites, both former Nazi concentration camps. It manages the sites, facilitates remembrance, and provides historical education. The organization is currently newsworthy due to concerns about political misuse of the Buchenwald memorial site. Specifically, the foundation has publicly supported the city of Weimar's decision to prohibit the "Kufiyas in Buchenwald" campaign from holding a demonstration on the grounds of the former concentration camp on April 12th, the anniversary of its liberation. The foundation believes the site is being subjected to political exploitation, highlighting the ongoing challenges of preserving the historical integrity and solemnity of these memorial sites in the face of contemporary political activism.