Beste familie, Het Haeften Event 2024 zal zoals eerder aangekondigd in Berlijn plaats vinden. Rieke Harmsen heeft een prachtig programma gemaakt met veel historische hoogtepunten over de familie von Haeften en in het bijzonder over Hans-Bernd en Werner von Haeften. Namens het bestuur stuurde Rieke de uitnodiging per e-mail naar de bij ons bekende e-mailadressen. Laat Rieke of mij weten wanneer je geen uitnodiging hebt gekregen. Tot ziens in Berlijn in 2024! Groet, Onno van Haeften Rieke verstuurde het volgende bericht: Dear members of the Haeften Family Association, we would like to invite you to our next family reunion. The reunion will take place in Berlin from *Thursday, May 9th to Sunday, May 12th, 2024* The occasion of our meeting is the *80th anniversary* of the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944, in which Hans-Bernd and Werner von Haeften participated. The assassination attempt was the most significant attempted overthrow of the military resistance during the National Socialist era. The conspirators considered the killing of Adolf Hitler as a prerequisite for a change of power, also from the point of view of the "oath to the Führer". However, Hitler survived with minor injuries the explosion of the explosive charge deposited by Werner von Haeften and Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg at the Führer's headquarters in Wolfsschanze on July 20, 1944. We are glad to announce that we will open an exhibition about the Werner & Hans-Bernd von Haeften in Berlin. We start on Ascension Day (Thursday). However, if you are working and have less time or money, you are heartily invited to join us for two days (Saturday and Sunday). We will not make any reservations for a hotel since we think everyone should look for a suitable solution, but we will let you know as soon as possible some places you could choose. We will make a reservation in a restaurant for the family dinner. *Our Program:* Thursday, May 9th * Arrival * Dinner at own expenses Friday, May 10th * Visit of Berlin (optional: Gedenkstätte Plötzensee – where Hans-Bernd von Haeften was executed) * Meeting at a bar Saturday, May 11th * 10:50 Meeting in the „Gedenkstätte Deutsche Widerstand“ / Guided tour, Stauffenbergstraße 13 – 14, 10785 Berlin-Mitte https://www.gdw-berlin.de * 12:00 Small Lunch * 14:00 Opening of the Exhibition „Werner & Hans-Bernd von Haeften und der Widerstand des 20. Juli 1944“ (probably at the Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand) https://www.gdw-berlin.de * 18:00 Family Dinner in a Restaurant Sunday, May 11th * 11:00 Meeting of the "Haeften Family Association" at the Haus am Wannsee (close to Potsdam), Am Großen Wannsee 56 – 58, 14109 Berlin https://www.ghwk.de * 12:00 Guided visit of the „Haus am Wannsee“ * 13:00 Lunch * 15:00 Trip on a boat: Wannseerundfahrt https://schifffahrt-in-potsdam.de/linienfahrten/die-wannseerundfahrt/ * 16.00 Arrival in Potsdam (ride back to Berlin ca. 60 min) * Departure We are looking forward to seeing you in Berlin. Best regards, Rieke C. Harmsen on behalf of the family Board