COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE

“The Jung Foundation for Science and Research commemorates the estimated 200 to 250 people who, between 1939 and 1945, were forced to work as concentration camp prisoners and forced laborers in the Hamburg Mineral Oil Works of Ernst Jung. We will not forget the suffering, injustice, and, in many cases, death they endured.” 

With these words inscribed on a commemorative plaque at the entrance of its building, the Jung Foundation has been honoring the memory of those forced to work in Ernst Jung’s businesses during World War II since its installation in 2023. By doing so, the foundation aims to face up to Ernst Jung’s history, assume lasting responsibility, contribute to further examination of the National Socialism period and actively educate people. 

MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES

With €300,000, the Jung Foundation is supporting the “endTB-Q” study conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières. The study aims to improve treatment for people in need suffering from drug-resistant tuberculosis. Initial results from this groundbreaking Phase III project have now been published: At its core is an innovative, personalized therapy that, for the first time, combines the highly effective drugs Bedaquilin, Clofazimine, Delamanid, and Linezolid (BCDL). The study demonstrates that this shorter and less burdensome treatment method achieves high cure rates, particularly in patients without severe TB at the start of therapy. 

With these results, the project, funded by the Jung Foundation, sets new standards in the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis and offers promising perspectives for global healthcare. The project will run until the end of 2025. The full press release on the preliminary results can be found here. 

NEUENGAMME CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL 

NEUENGAMME CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL 

With €477,000, the Jung Foundation is funding a new research project focused on the infirmary of the Neuengamme concentration camp. The program, which began on June 1, 2024, is planned to run for four and a half years and is exclusively financed by the Jung Foundation. The project’s goal is to comprehensively examine the medical care in the Neuengamme concentration camp and its long-term effects on the survivors. 

The core of the research focuses on the camp’s prisoner infirmary, providing critical insights into the camp’s history and the development of National socialist concentration camps. The study will explore various phases of the camp’s history, from the minimal medical care in the early years to the handling of infectious diseases and the rationalization of medical services during the final years of the war. The project’s findings will be published in scientific journals and incorporated into the new permanent exhibition at the memorial site.  

This endeavor significantly contributes to addressing the history of the Neuengamme concentration camp and to fostering remembrance culture — a purpose that the Jung Foundation, as a supporter of the project, wholeheartedly endorses. Further details can be found in the official press release. (https://www.gedenkstaetten-hamburg.de/de/aktuelles/news/ein-neues-forschungsprojekt-zum-krankenrevier-des-kz-neuengamme)