KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme

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Description [EN]

Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial

The Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial is located on the historic site of the former Neuengamme concentration camp in the Bergedorf borough of Hamburg.

Neuengamme Concentration Camp

Located in south-east Hamburg, Neuengamme was the largest concentration camp in north-west Germany from 1938 to 1945. More than 100,000 people from all over Europe were imprisoned in the main camp and over 85 satellite camps. At least 42,900 prisoners died in the Neuengamme main camp, its satellite camps and during the camp evacuations at the end of the war. 

Post-War History

After the war, the British military government used the former concentration camp as an internment camp for three years. In 1948, the city of Hamburg began using the buildings and grounds for its penal system, and it established two prisons there.

Memorial

In 1965, an international monument was erected on the edge of the grounds. In 1981 an exhibition building (Dokumentenhaus) was built next to it. The Senate of Hamburg’s decision to relocate the prisons then sparked a long political debate, and it was not before 2003 and 2006, respectively, that the two prisons were closed. After this, the memorial could be expanded into a centre for exhibitions, discussions, encounters and historical studies located on the grounds of the former prisoners’ barracks.

Services

Connection public transport

Bus 127 oder 227 vom Bahnhof Bergedorf. Station: KZ-Gedenkstätte, Ausstellung

WiFi

WLAN am Service-Point (Haupteingang)

Publicly accessible library / archive / study rooms

Archiv und Bibliothek nach Absprache

Museumsshop

Buchshop am Service-Point (Haupteingang)

Note regarding pets (if necessary, dog care on the spot)

keine Hunde erlaubt

Guided tours and group offers

Führungen für Gruppen buchbar über den Museumsdienst Hamburg: https://www.museumsdienst-hamburg.de

Accessibility

Access with ramp

Yes

Guidance system for visually impaired people, Tactile / acoustic map

No

Entrance soil indicators

No

Marking of step edges

No

Access stairless

Yes

Elevator with tactile font / announcement

No

Disabled toilet

Yes

Labeling in pictograms

No

Inscription in braille

No

Acoustically accessible exhibition objects

No

Tactile accessible exhibition objects

No

Print medium in braille inscription / large print

No

Tactile / audio tours

Yes

Guided tours in sign language

Yes

Tactile flooring system

No

Barrier-free Audioguides

No

Educational programs for visitors with learning difficulties

Yes