Gedenkstätte Grafeneck
Memorial and documentation center in the Swabian Jura for the more than 10,600 victims of the Nazi "euthanasia" murders at Grafeneck in 1940.
Om museet
Schloss Grafeneck near Gomadingen grew out of a medieval castle; in the 16th century it was expanded into a hunting lodge for the dukes of Württemberg, and under Duke Carl Eugen into a Baroque summer residence. It lost significance in the 19th century; in 1928 the Protestant Samariterstiftung acquired the estate and set up a home for people with disabilities there.
In October 1939 the Nazis seized the palace. From January to December 1940, Grafeneck was the first killing center of the so-called Aktion T4: in a barrack converted into a gas chamber, more than 10,600 people with intellectual disabilities or mental illnesses were murdered after being brought from psychiatric hospitals and care institutions in Württemberg, Baden, Bavaria, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia.
After the war, the Samariterstiftung once again used Grafeneck as a facility for people with disabilities, which it remains to this day. Remembrance developed step by step: a cemetery was created in the 1950s and 1960s, a memorial plaque was put up in 1982, and an open memorial chapel was built in 1990.
In October 2005 the documentation center opened with a permanent exhibition on victims, perpetrators, resistance and the legal reckoning after 1945. Run by the association Gedenkstätte Grafeneck e. V. in cooperation with the Samariterstiftung, Grafeneck is today a place of learning and research, offers a name search for the victims and is one of the most visited memorial sites in Baden-Württemberg.
Højdepunkter
- Permanent exhibition in the documentation center on Nazi "euthanasia" in southwestern Germany
- Open memorial chapel from 1990 and cemetery
- Alphabet Garden as an artistic memorial
- Book of names and research options on the victims
- Tours with an inclusive youth guide group
Permanente udstillinger
- Dauerausstellung im Dokumentationszentrum – The exhibition documents the 1940 murders at Grafeneck, the biographies of the victims, the perpetrators, resistance and how the crimes were dealt with after the war.
- Grundlagt
- 2005
- Ejer
- Gedenkstätte Grafeneck e. V. (in Zusammenarbeit mit der Samariterstiftung)
- Ledelse
- Thomas Stöckle
Entrépriser & rabatter
Der er gratis entré.
| Voksne | gratis |
|---|---|
| Grupper | –Group programs are subject to a fee: seminar with tour (approx. 2 hrs.) €100, schools/small groups €75; workshop (approx. 3 hrs.) €150/€100; full-day seminar €200/€150; seminars in Easy Language free |
Free admission to the memorial and the documentation center.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig: ingen oplysninger
- Elevator: ingen oplysninger
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
The memorial sees itself as a low-barrier, inclusive place of learning ("Barrierefreie Gedenkstätte" project); seminars in Easy Language for people with learning difficulties are free. Inclusive youth guide group "Grafenschrecks".
Børn og familie
Kun delvist egnet til børn
Memorial to the victims of the Nazi "euthanasia" crimes; the educational programs are aimed at school classes and youth and adult groups.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Grafeneck · 10 min. til fods
Bus to the "Grafeneck" stop (Gomadingen) or train to the "Marbach (Lauter)-Grafeneck" station; the two are just a few meters apart and are not accessible. From there, approx. 10 minutes on foot up the steep paved access road.
I bil
Parkering muligt
Ample parking opposite the documentation center.
GPS address: Grafeneck 3, 72532 Gomadingen-Grafeneck; signposted access roads from the directions of Marbach (Lauter), Steingebronn and Münsingen.
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| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 1,5 t. |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Seminars, workshops and tours for groups by appointment (booking via the online calendar counts only as a request); youth guide programs generally on Wednesdays. Occasional public tours (approx. 90 min.). Grafeneck remains a place where people with disabilities supported by the Samariterstiftung live and work. |
