Dokumentationsstätte „Lager“

About the museum

The Weinsberg camp was built in spring 1937 and over three decades served very different purposes. First it was a training camp for the Landwehr (reserve militia) from 1937 to 1939, then a prisoner-of-war camp from 1940 to 1945. From 1945 to 1953 Polish displaced persons lived here, and from 1953 to 1972 the camp took in refugees and late repatriates (Spätaussiedler) as a transit camp.

The documentation site, in the residential area west of the Stadtseebach, tells these phases in chronological order with photographs, drawings, documents, newspaper articles and explanatory texts. A wall hanging of just under ten square meters showing an overall view of the camp makes the former site visible. Letters and stamps from the postal traffic of the prisoner-of-war camp, on display, give insight into daily life in the camp.

Highlights

• Chronological documentation of the camp from 1937 to 1972
• Wall hanging with an overall view of the former camp site
• Letters and stamps from the postal traffic of the prisoner-of-war camp
• Free admission

Permanent exhibition

• Das Lager Weinsberg 1937–1972 – Chronological display with photographs, drawings, documents and objects on the four phases of use of the camp.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free.

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The documentation site is in the residential area "Westlich des Stadtseebaches", as an extension of Karl-Weinbrenner-Straße.

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