Gedenken an Erschießungen auf dem Seelhorster Friedhof

In the organizer's words:

We commemorate the shooting of 154 prisoners by the Gestapo on April 6, 1945, shortly before the liberation of Hanover. Many of these prisoners came from a camp in Lahde and were imprisoned in the Gestapo prison in Ahlem. The victims were driven through the city and finally shot at Seelhorst cemetery.

On May 2, the British military government had the dead exhumed and buried at the memorial site "Ehrenfriedhof" on the northern shore of the Maschsee. A memorial at the site of the crime now commemorates the event. It was created in 2002 on the initiative of IG Metall, the "Hannoversche Lager" project, the Parks Department and Lord Mayor Herbert Schmalstieg and was financed by donations. Previously, there was no indication of where the shooting took place.

The memorial is organized by IG Metall in cooperation with the ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage.