KZ-Gedenkstätte Gusen

Om museet

The Gusen concentration camp was established from December 1939 as a subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp, about four kilometres from the main camp. Prisoners were registered here from May 1940; by the liberation in May 1945, a total of around 71,000 people from nearly 30 countries had been imprisoned, more than half of whom lost their lives. They were forced to work in granite quarries and later for the armaments industry, including in underground tunnel complexes.

After the end of the war the camp was quickly dismantled, and large parts of the site are now built over with residential housing. In the 1960s, survivors' associations erected, at their own expense, a monument around the preserved crematorium oven; the Memorial de Gusen was inaugurated in 1965. Since 1997 the Republic of Austria has been responsible for the site, which is organisationally part of the Mauthausen Memorial.

In 2004 a visitor centre opened next to the memorial with the exhibition "Gusen Concentration Camp 1939–1945. Traces – Fragments – Reconstructions". Its core is the uncovered foundations of the crematorium barracks; further sections deal with the layout of the camp, forced labour, mass killings, prisoner society with exemplary biographies, and the liberation, complemented by a film with eyewitness interviews. Since 2007 the Gusen audio trail, an art project with voices of survivors, local residents and perpetrators, has led through today's residential neighbourhood.

In 2022 the Republic acquired further parts of the historic site, including the roll-call square, SS barracks and stone crusher. They are currently being incorporated step by step into a newly designed memorial and are accessible on guided tours.

Højdepunkter

• Memorial de Gusen with preserved crematorium oven
• Uncovered foundations of the crematorium barracks in the visitor centre
• Film with eyewitness interviews
• Gusen audio trail through the former camp grounds
• Newly opened areas such as the roll-call square and stone crusher on guided tours

Permanente udstillinger

• Konzentrationslager Gusen 1939–1945. Spuren – Fragmente – Rekonstruktionen – Exhibition in the visitor centre around the uncovered foundations of the crematorium barracks, with sections on the layout of the camp, forced labour, extermination, prisoner groups and liberation.
• Memorial de Gusen – Monument erected by survivors in 1965 around the preserved crematorium oven, now the central place of remembrance.
• Audioweg Gusen – Walkable sound collage with voices of survivors, local residents and perpetrators, guiding visitors via headphones through the now built-up camp grounds.

Ejer

KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen | Mauthausen Memorial (Bundesanstalt)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

Access to the memorial grounds and the audio trail are free of charge. Reduced tour prices apply to people up to 18 years, those in education up to 27 years, military and civilian service personnel, people aged 65 and over or with a senior citizen's card, and job seekers. Up to two accompanying persons per group are free; former prisoners and their families can use all offerings free of charge.

Tilgængelighed

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Børn og familie

Kun delvist egnet til børnAnbefales fra 14 år

The memorial advises against visiting with children under 14; tours and the audio trail are for ages 14 and up, the combined tour for ages 16 and up.

Transport & parkering

The visitor centre is at Georgestraße 7, the information portal (meeting point for the tours) at Georgestraße 5 in Langenstein.

Service & spisesteder

Dogs and other animals are not permitted on the memorial grounds.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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