NS-Dokumentationszentrum

Aktuelle udstillinger

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From the 1980s onward, citizens’ initiatives and local history groups called on Munich to confront its role as the “Capital of the Movement” more openly. After protests against a planned development over the plinths of the Nazi “Temples of Honor” on Königsplatz, art actions and the first information panels, the city council decided in 2001/02 to build a Nazi documentation center; the state of Bavaria and the federal government each covered one third of the construction costs.

The state of Bavaria provided the site of the former “Brown House”, the Nazi Party (NSDAP) headquarters on Brienner Straße. The 2009 architectural competition was won by the Berlin firm Georg Scheel Wetzel with a white exposed-concrete cube whose louvered windows frame deliberate views of the surviving Nazi buildings nearby. After the foundation stone was laid in 2012, the center opened on May 1, 2015, around 70 years after the end of the war.

The permanent exhibition “München und der Nationalsozialismus” (Munich and National Socialism) traces the rise, rule and crimes of the Nazi regime over several floors, along with how this history has been dealt with from 1945 to the present. It is complemented by temporary exhibitions, art installations, a learning forum with a library and an extensive education program. Mirjam Zadoff has directed the center since 2018; in May 2025 it reopened for its tenth anniversary after several months of revision.

A branch site is being developed on the grounds of a former Reichsbahn forced labor camp in Neuaubing, one of the last structurally preserved camp complexes in Germany: a memorial site on Nazi forced labor, scheduled to open in 2027.

Højdepunkter

• Permanent exhibition “München und der Nationalsozialismus” (Munich and National Socialism) at a historic site of the perpetrators
• Architecture by Georg Scheel Wetzel with sight lines to Nazi buildings on Königsplatz
• Free media guide in eleven languages, also in German Sign Language (DGS) and for families
• Free public guided tours every Sunday
• Art installations by Annette Kelm, Michaela Melián and the Heisenberg brothers
• Neuaubing memorial site on Nazi forced labor (under development)

Permanente udstillinger

• München und der Nationalsozialismus – The permanent exhibition shows how National Socialism emerged in Munich, what role the city played in the system of terror and how this history was dealt with after 1945.
• Ständige Kunstinstallationen: Verbrannte Bücher, Memory Loops, Brienner 45 – A photo series by Annette Kelm, an audio project by Michaela Melián and a media artwork by Benjamin and Emanuel Heisenberg complement the exhibition.

Grundlagt

2015

Ejer

Landeshauptstadt München

Ledelse

Mirjam Zadoff

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

No ticket or advance booking required. Events are mostly free; for exceptions (e.g. concerts), tickets are issued.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog
• Letlæste tilbud
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

All exhibition areas are step-free, two elevators, light tables with knee clearance; accessible restrooms on the 1st basement level; wheelchair and folding chairs in the foyer. Braille orientation information on all exhibition elements and stairs. Loaner induction loops, induction hearing system in the event hall. Media guide with tours in German Sign Language (DGS) and International Sign and an audio guide in easy-to-understand language; DGS tours held regularly and on request. Assessed under “Reisen für Alle” (Travel for All) (2018). U-Bahn Königsplatz exit C has an elevator.

Børn og familie

Kun delvist egnet til børnAnbefales fra 10 år

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn

Parts of the exhibition deal with war and violence and may show distressing images. Media guide tour for families with children aged 10 and over (skips areas with violent images) and a separate tour for teenagers aged 14 and over. Bookable tours for children’s and youth groups.

Transport & parkering

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant: findes ikke
• Museumsbutik
• Wi-fi

Inclusive café “CafeBar Max” in the foyer (Tue–Sun 10:00–19:00, run by BalanDeli) with a small shop for the center’s publications. Open Wi-Fi “visitors”. Learning forum and library on the 1st basement level.

Arrangementer & udlejning

Så vidt vi ved, udlejer museet ikke lokaler til eksterne arrangementer.

According to the FAQ, no spaces are rented out; only the center’s own or co-organized events take place.

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