The rememBarcamp 2026 brings together professionals working in digital remembrance to exchange experiences, advance shared standards, and discuss practical solutions. The Alfred Landecker Foundation supports the event, which takes place on 2–3 July at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial.
Around 50 experts from memorial sites, archives, and places of remembrance will participate. They share the experience that building digital capacity within memorial institutions is essential, yet often challenging. The scale of these challenges is reflected in a recent survey conducted by the Landecker Digital Memory Lab among 127 Holocaust and remembrance institutions worldwide. The survey found that 42.5% of institutions have fewer than one full-time equivalent dedicated to digital work, making staff shortages the most frequently cited obstacle to building sustainable digital structures. Other major challenges include a lack of long-term funding, insufficient digital strategies and resources, dealing with online hate, and keeping pace with rapid technological developments. rememBarcamp therefore provides participants with a trusted space for open and constructive exchange, peer learning, and practical collaboration.
A Format That Makes Participants Co-Creators
The BarCamp format is at the heart of rememBarcamp. Unlike traditional conferences, participants develop the agenda and define the content together at the beginning of the event. Six 45-minute session blocks feature three to four parallel presentations, discussions, and workshops. Topics range from technological developments and digital engagement formats to strategies for responding to online hate and disinformation. The format has proven successful because participants not only share best practices but also speak openly about setbacks and lessons learned in their own work.
Five Years of rememBarcamp
rememBarcamp was launched in 2022 by an informal network of staff from different memorial institutions. The Alfred Landecker Foundation has supported every edition since its inception: in 2022 at the Ravensbrück Memorial, in 2023 at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, in 2024 at the Hadamar Memorial, and in 2025 at the Documentation Centre for Nazi Forced Labour in Berlin-Schöneweide. For its fifth anniversary, the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centres is hosting the event at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. The historic site is more than just a venue.
Optional guided tours of the memorial grounds actively integrate the site into the programme, creating opportunities for reflection and exchange. Collaboration, networking, and knowledge-sharing among memorial institutions help ensure that the memory of the victims of National Socialism remains vibrant in the digital age.
The fifth anniversary edition therefore has the additional goal of strengthening the network beyond the event itself. As the "Digital History and Memory" network, participants aim to establish a lasting, cross-institutional platform that promotes digital projects and develops joint initiatives—from open-source tools and collaborative research to shared technical solutions.
Collaboration, networking, and knowledge exchange among memorial sites help unlock new opportunities, develop shared responses to emerging challenges, and ensure that the memory of the victims of National Socialism remains alive in the digital age. That is why the Alfred Landecker Foundation supports the rememBarcamp.