Bunkermuseum Emden
Regional museum in an Emden air-raid bunker on the period from 1933 to 1948 in Emden and East Frisia – the Nazi era, the bombing war, and reconstruction.
About the museum
Emden lay directly on a flight path of Allied bombers and was first attacked as early as July 1940. From autumn 1940, numerous bunkers were built, partly using forced laborers and prisoners of war. In the heavy attack of September 6, 1944, the city center was almost completely destroyed; the fact that comparatively few people died was largely due to the shelters.
Out of this memory, the Arbeitskreis Bunkermuseum e.V. (working group) was founded in March 1994. As early as 1995 it opened a museum in the high-rise bunker on Holzsägerstraße – by its own account the first bunker museum in Germany. The bunker can be recognized by a lettered band running around it at a height of eight meters.
The house is run exclusively by volunteers. Because of fire safety requirements, it faced closure from 2021; after a renovation it reopened on September 6, 2023. The permanent exhibition leads from the path into dictatorship via persecution, forced labor, bunker construction, and everyday life in the air-raid shelter to the end of the war, reconstruction, and today's culture of remembrance. The offerings also include an online research database and programs for school classes.
Highlights
- Exhibition in an original high-rise bunker of the Second World War
- Everyday life in the bunker and the consequences of the air raid of September 6, 1944
- Eyewitness accounts of persecution, forced labor, and the end of the war
- Bunker rallies and workshops for school classes
Permanent exhibitions
- Emden im Bombenkrieg – Ursachen, Verlauf, Folgen – Tour through the bunker from the Nazi seizure of power via persecution, forced labor, and the air war to the rebuilding of Emden and today's culture of remembrance.
- Founded
- 1995
- Operated by
- Arbeitskreis Bunkermuseum e.V.
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
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| Children & teens | €3€3 for children and teens aged 6 to 17. |
Adults €6, children and teens (ages 6–17) €3.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Tours for groups and school classes by arrangement, also outside opening hours (including themed tours, tours of selected objects, bunker rallies, workshops, questionnaires for self-guided exploration). Inquiries by email to info.bunkermuseum@t-online.de or to the contact persons named on the website. The museum can be reached by phone during opening hours. |
