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A podcast by and for the descendants of Sachsenhausen prisoners, working together to uncover the unanswered questions of its history
Though our relatives were imprisoned for different reasons, we’ve discovered we have much in common. In each episode, we interview other descendants, sharing stories and research to build a clearer picture of the past—one that goes beyond the records. This podcast is about honoring those who suffered and died at Sachsenhausen and strengthening our collective understanding of their history.

History Society & Culture Education Documentary

Update frequency: every 6 days
Average duration: 30 minutes
Episodes: 22
Years Active: 2024 - 2025

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DS021 Entrevista con el embajador de España en Alemania, Pascual Navarro (spanish/español)

Una entrevista con el Embajador de España en Alemania, Pascual Navarro, realizada durante la conmemoración del 80.º aniversario de la Liberación de Sachsenhausen. La entrevista fue en mayo de 2025, e…

00:09:16 | Mon 01 Sep 2025

DS020 Louis Mourot 57796

Anne-Caroline Bruns is the granddaughter of Louis Mourot (March 4, 1923 – February 7, 2016). Louis was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. Due to his involvement, he was arrested …

00:41:40 | Fri 25 Jul 2025

DS019 Professor Carolina Ardila

A part of Carolina Ardila’s family was killed in the Holocaust, while another part was able to flee to South America. Today, Carolina is a Colombian professor researching historical memory. Her proje…

00:36:37 | Fri 25 Jul 2025

DS018 Max Düring 10796

Nicole Wines is the great-granddaughter of Max Düring, who was imprisoned during the November Pogroms in 1938. He was held in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp for five weeks. Shortly after his re…

00:46:33 | Thu 24 Jul 2025

DS017 Robert Bertram 107641 and Salomon Bertram 107642

Salomon Bertram and his son Robert were born in Krakow, Poland and were imprisoned in Sachsenhausen on October 17, 1944 where they remained until the liberation during the death march in 1945.

Rob…

00:55:04 | Fri 13 Jun 2025

DS016 René Trauffler

René Trauffler, born in Luxembourg in 1921, was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen from 1942 until the death march, which he documented from April 21 to May 9, 1945 in his diary. Kelsey had a chance to talk…

00:11:12 | Fri 30 May 2025

DS015 Mykola Urban

Mykola Urban is a survivor of Sachsenhausen and usually lives in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Due to the Russian attack on Ukraine in 2022 he became a refugee and currently lives in Switzerland, where he met Sw…

00:10:23 | Fri 30 May 2025

DS014 Dr. Axel Drecoll

Dr. Axel Drecoll is the Director of the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation. In this interview, Julie Somers speaks with him about the conditions in the Camp, the hierarchy among prisoners and about peo…

00:39:40 | Fri 30 May 2025

DS013 Michelle and Remko Huijsing

Michelle and Remko Huijsing are not descendants of former prisoners of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. But they traveled all the way from the Netherlands to visit the Sachsenhausen Memorial after l…

00:14:51 | Mon 26 May 2025

DS012 Julius Czygan 36239

Andrea Tonko, the daughter of Julius Czygan visited Sachsenhausen and spoke with Kelsey. Julius was born December 21,1906 in Kiel, Germany. He was a member of the SPD (social democratic party) and wa…

00:18:31 | Sun 25 May 2025

DS011 Heinrich Feisthauer (german/deutsch)

Heinrich Feisthauer (14.09.1898 in Eckersdorf – 11.11.1964 in Esperke) wurde im Rahmen der Juniaktion im Jahr 1938 verhaftet. Er wurde der Häftlingskategorie der „Asozialen“ zugeordnet. Er überlebte …

00:33:24 | Thu 22 May 2025

DS010 Aleksandr Milenkiy

This interview is about Aleksandr Milenkiy. Aleksandr was born in 1925 in Minsk, Belarus. Aleksandr volunteered in the Red Army Infantry to fight Nazi Germany in the fall of 1942 at age 17 and partic…

00:11:11 | Thu 22 May 2025

DS009 Stanislaw Wadolowski 28111

This interview is about Stanislaw Wadolowski. Stanislav was born in 1909 in the village of Rzędziany, Poland and died February 14, 1996 in Łódź. He was a pilot in the Polish army and was imprisoned …

00:18:31 | Tue 20 May 2025

DS008 Karl Schirdewan

This interview is about Karl Schirdewan. Karl was born in 1907 in Stettin, Germany and was a German Communist activist, remaining active in the illegal Communist Party after the Nazis came to power i…

00:26:51 | Mon 19 May 2025

DS007 Peter Lütsches (german/deutsch)

Peter Lütsches, geboren 1899 in Süchteln, war bis 1933 Fraktionsführer der Zentrumspartei im Süchtelner Stadtrat. Nach seiner Emigration nach Holland wurde er im Zweiten Weltkrieg verhaftet und in da…

00:35:23 | Sun 18 May 2025

DS006 - Dr. Richard Fagot (german/deutsch)

Richard Fagot ist einer der letzten noch lebenden ehemaligen Häftlinge des Konzentrationslagers Sachsenhausen. Im Rahmen der Feierlichkeiten zum 80. Jahrestag der Befreiung haben wir mit ihm an eine…

00:20:34 | Sat 10 May 2025

DS005 - Klaus Reichmuth

Klaus Reichmuth was arrested 13 January 1942 when he was a 17-year old high school student in Stettin and taken to gestapo headquarters in Berlin. He was transferred to Sachsenhausen on 29 March 1942…

00:45:34 | Fri 18 Apr 2025

DS004 Special - 80th Anniversary Commemoration of the Liberation of Auschwitz

Descendants Stuff co-host Jakob Feisthauer attended the commemoration event for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz and shares his…

00:35:28 | Wed 05 Feb 2025

DS003 - Heinrich Feisthauer 5680

Heinrich Feisthauer was arrested as a part of the June campaign in 1938. He survived the concentration camp and was released in very poor health conditions in January 1939. Jakob Feisthauer, the grea…

00:36:59 | Mon 20 Jan 2025

DS002 - Max Feybusch 4605

Max Feybusch was a 61 year old merchant living in Wilhelmshaven, Germany when he was arrested in the June 1938 nationwide raid against “asocials” and brought to Sachsenhausen. He managed to live 1 ye…

00:50:11 | Mon 20 Jan 2025

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