Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma
Center in Heidelberg's Old Town with the world's first permanent exhibition on the Nazi genocide of the Sinti and Roma – free admission.
Om museet
The Documentation and Cultural Center emerged from the civil rights movement of the German Sinti and Roma and works closely with the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma (Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma). Its home is a listed 18th-century merchant's house on a triangular lot in the Old Town below the castle, which was converted for its new use.
On March 16, 1997, Federal President Roman Herzog opened the permanent exhibition, which, covering around 700 square meters, was the first of its kind to present the genocide of the Sinti and Roma under National Socialism – from exclusion and registration to ghettoization and deportation to extermination. Family photos, biographies, and survivors' testimonies give the persecuted a face and a voice.
Since 1998, a traveling version has toured Germany and Europe, and in 2001 a permanent exhibition was created together with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Block 13 of the former main camp. Funded by the federal government and the state of Baden-Württemberg, the center also researches the roughly 600-year history of the minority, maintains a public specialist library, offers educational programs against antigypsyism, and has awarded the European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma since 2007. An award-winning 2021 design for an extension building is the subject of controversial debate in Heidelberg.
Højdepunkter
- World's first permanent exhibition on the Nazi genocide of the Sinti and Roma
- Family photos, biographies, and survivors' testimonies
- Listed merchant's house in Heidelberg's Old Town
- Public specialist library on the history and culture of the minority
- Free guided tours and workshops, audio guides in five languages
Permanente udstillinger
- Der nationalsozialistische Völkermord an den Sinti und Roma – On display since 1997, the permanent exhibition uses family photos, documents, and life stories to trace the path from exclusion to extermination in the camps.
- Grundlagt
- 1997
- Ejer
- Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma (in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma; gefördert von BKM und Land Baden-Württemberg)
Entrépriser & rabatter
Der er gratis entré.
| Grupper (fra 10 pers.) | –Guided tours and workshops for groups (10 or more people) free of charge, registration required. |
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Free admission; groups are asked to register by email.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator: ingen oplysninger
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
Accessible according to the website; no further details given on elevator or restrooms.
Børn og familie
Kun delvist egnet til børn
Documentation center on the genocide of the Sinti and Roma; workshops for school classes from 9th grade, no dedicated family programs mentioned.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Rathaus/Bergbahn
Bus 20 or 36 from the main train station (Hauptbahnhof) or Altstadt S-Bahn station to Rathaus/Bergbahn; bus 35 to Alte Brücke.
I bil
Betalingsparkering
No dedicated parking; recommended are the paid parking garages Kornmarkt/Schloss (P12, Zwingerstraße 20) and Karlsplatz (P13, Hauptstraße 214).
Service & spisesteder
Bicycle parking in the courtyard. Public specialist library on site.
Arrangementer & udlejning
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Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Audioguide | ja (DE, EN, FR, JA, ES) |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Public guided tour every Tuesday at 17:00 (free, registration requested). Group programs "Geschichte zeigen" (Showing History, 1.5–2 hrs), "Ein Koffer mit Geschichte(n)" (A Suitcase Full of Stories, 3 hrs), and "Begegnungen" (Encounters, 3–4 hrs), workshops for students from 9th grade; booking through Andreas Pflock (06221 981102, andreas.pflock@sintiundroma.de). |
