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On the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism, the University of Bremen is hosting a lecture by social and economic historian Jörn Lindner. On January 27, 2025, he will speak about the use of forced laborers at the Bremen shipyards during the Second World War.
Every year on January 27, the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism takes place throughout Germany. The University of Bremen marks the day with a commemorative event to remember the victims.
This year, the Faculty of Business Studies & Economics at the University of Bremen is organizing the central commemorative event. The Vice President for Research and Transfer, Professor Michal Kucera, and the Faculty Dean, Professor Maik Eisenbeiß, will welcome guest speaker Dr. Jörn Lindner. In his lecture “The Use of Forced Laborers at Bremen's Shipyards during the Second World War” (“Der Einsatz von Zwangsarbeiterinnen und Zwangsarbeitern auf den bremischen Werften während des Zweiten Weltkrieges”), he will shed light on a depressing chapter in Bremen's history and offer insights into the realities of life for the workers who were deployed at Bremen's shipyards during World War II.
Dr. Jörn Lindner is a social and economic historian and completed his doctorate at Universität Hamburg in cooperation with the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven. His dissertation is entitled “Shipping and Shipbuilding in One Hand – the Rickmers Family Companies 1918 to 2000” ("Schifffahrt und Schiffbau in einer Hand – die Firmen der Familie Rickmers 1918 bis 2000"). He was a university lecturer at Universität Hamburg until 2020 and is now deputy director of the Seevetal municipal archive.
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