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20 years of Hospice Haus Celle: Emotional photo exhibition starts!
Photo exhibition for the 20th anniversary of the Hospice Haus Celle from August 14th to 29th, 2025 in the New Town Hall. Learn more about the hospice movement and the life of Cicely Saunders.
20 years of Hospice Haus Celle: Emotional photo exhibition starts!
The Hospice House in Wietzenbruch is celebrating a special anniversary this year: For 20 years, the facility has ensured that people in the last phase of their lives are well looked after and can spend time with their relatives in dignity. The founder of the modern hospice movement, Cicely Saunders, set the guiding principle of “not giving more days to life, but more life to days” and thereby helped an entire movement to take off. During these two decades, the hospice in Glockenheide accompanied numerous dying people and supported relatives in their grief, as Celler Presse reports.
In the anniversary year, a special photo exhibition will be organized that will focus on the essential work of the hospice over the last two decades. Between August 14th and 29th, 2025, those interested can admire 20 impressive photos and associated stories about hospice work in the foyer of the New Town Hall.
A look at Cicely Saunders and her vision
Cicely Saunders had a profound impact on end-of-life care. Her career began in 1947 when she cared for a man with cancer, David Tasma, in a London hospital. His painful experiences led her to work for better care for the dying. Tasma bequeathed £500 to start a home for the dying, which fueled her drive. 20 years later, in 1967, she opened St. Christopher's Hospice, which laid the foundation for the hospice movement. Today, more than 100,000 people in Germany already benefit from hospice and palliative care, which is offered in a network of 236 inpatient hospices and around 1,500 outpatient services, according to a report in [Weser Kurier].
Saunders had developed the concept of total pain, which emphasizes the multidimensional view of pain and aims to enable dying people to have a self-determined and pain-free experience. Only medical measures that the patient requests or that have been specified in their living will should be carried out. These values and views have shaped hospice work to this day.
A look back and forward
The first hospice in Germany was opened in Aachen in 1986 and since then the number of facilities and their commitment have continuously increased. The Hospice House in Wietzenbruch is part of this impressive development. It not only accompanies the dying, but also gives relatives space to find support during difficult times and say goodbye together.
The photo exhibition not only celebrates the 20th anniversary, but also draws attention to the importance of hospice work. It is a good incentive for society to promote sensitivity to the issues of dying and grief. A visit to the exhibition is therefore highly recommended for anyone who is interested in the stories and life surrounding the hospice.