Looking back. Looking ahead. 2020-2025

10   MEMORIAL WORK IN BAVARIA The Bavarian Memorial Foundation has made it its mission   not only to preserve these sites, but also to make their history visible. In close cooperation with local authorities and   initiatives, new memorial plaques have been installed in many concentration camp cemeteries and gravesites in recent years. They explain the historical context of each site, recount the fates of the concentration camp prisoners buried there,   and highlight how closely the region was integrated into the system of Nazi forced labour. New memorial plaques have been installed at the concen- tration camp cemeteries, gravesites and former subcamps in Seestall, Hurlach, Türkheim, Utting and Kaufering, presenting the history of the sites and highlighting the regional chapter of the Nazi past. And, in cooperation with the town of   Landsberg am Lech, the municipality of Kaufering and the   district of Landsberg, a digital resource has been developed   to open up the entire camp complex and facilitate a contem- porary form of remembrance. The feedback from local communities and visitor groups indi- cates that these initiatives fill an important gap. They encour- age people to pause, reflect, ask questions and pay respect to In addition to new informational resources, the structure   itself is to be opened up for the first time, allowing visitors   to grasp both the scale of the construction project and the history of the forced labourers. Similar efforts to strengthen remembrance have been made in recent years at the other historic sites of the former Mühldorf subcamp complex. New memorial sites, such as those in Mittergars and Poing, have expanded the network of visible markers of memory. Digital tools and educational initiatives – including the “Faces for the Names” series by Terry Swartzberg – offer new points of access and encourage young people to engage with this chapter of our history. Since 2013, the Foundation has also overseen concentration camp cemeteries and gravesites across Bavaria. These sites   are not only the final resting places of the victims, but also serve as reminders against the urge to forget the past. In   recent years, we have restored numerous concentration camp   cemeteries and gravesites, installed new signs and developed digital resources.We have focused our efforts largely on   the district of Landsberg am Lech, where – as in Mühldorf   am Inn – an entire complex of subcamps once stood. ©Heiner Heine, Burgkirchen Mühldorfer Hart