Ruhig, Brauner!
Tim Bruggeman

€ 30

This publication contains a collection of cartoons and drawings sourced from several issues of the magazine IMPULS. The magazine was created by young people in JVA Vierlande, a juvenile prison that operated from 1970 to 1990 on the former clay pits of the Nazi camp in Neuengamme. Following sustained public criticism, and in recognition of responsibility towards the victims and their relatives, the prison was eventually closed. Today, only one corner of the prison wall and a watchtower remain as silent witnesses to this history.

Thanks to the team behind the new Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, inaugurated in May 2005 on the 60th anniversary of the liberation. The site now spans 57 hectares and includes 17 original buildings, functioning as an important place of remembrance and learning. It honors the victims of SS terror and reflects on the causes and consequences of the Nazi regime.

In memory of my grandfather, Louis Bruggeman, who, as a 17-year-old resistance fighter, was imprisoned in KZ Neuengamme from 02.09.1944 to 05.05.1945, and survived this traumatic period.

This publication was made possible with the kind support of a development grant from the Flemish Government, the EU Mobility Project and Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial.

*Ruhig, Brauner! originates from Wagner’s opera Die Walküre, where restless horses are calmed - a command meant to bring them back into line.