German Resistance In The Third Reich: A Survivors Story 

Today, Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp is remembered as a symbol of Nazi terror and cruelty. Arnold Hencke was imprisoned here from January to November of 1935. Virtually all of the members of the German Resistance in Hamburg were interned here during the Third Reich period. From October 1944-February 1945, one section of Fuhlsbüttel was used as a satellite camp for Neuengamme concentration camp. In 1987, Fuhlsbüttel was opened as a Memorial and is maintained by the Association of Formerly Persecuted Social Democrats and the Association of the Victims of Nazi Persecution/The Federation of Anti-Fascists.

"In Fuhlsbüttel, I was only known as Prisoner Number 5151".

Former prisoner Arnold Hencke standing at the entrance of Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp on May 23, 2001, at eighty-five years old. From 1933-1945, over 250 people died here through starvation, torture and execution. Others were driven to suicide due to the harsh living conditions and the cruelty of the guards. In May 1945, it was liberated by the British army.