Memorial to the concentration subcamp at the Hailfingen night-fighter airfield, with a documentation center in Tailfingen's old town hall and a memorial monument.
November 8, 2026 – December 13, 2026
Traveling exhibition on the murder of sick and disabled people from 1939 onward, supplemented by the story of a woman from Tailfingen; Sundays 15:00–17:00 and by appointment.
In the winter of 1944/45, the airfield between Hailfingen and Tailfingen was to be expanded for night fighters. In addition to prisoners of war and forced laborers, 601 Jewish prisoners were put to work there from November 19, 1944; they came from the Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig (Gdańsk) and most had previously been in Auschwitz. The camp was a subcamp of the Natzweiler concentration camp; a fenced-in aircraft hangar served as their quarters.
The men, from 16 countries, were forced to work in quarries, on the runway, and on taxiways. Cold, hunger, disease, and lack of care cost many of them their lives. In mid-February 1945, the camp was dissolved and the survivors were taken to other concentration camps. Graves of prisoners lie in the cemeteries of Tailfingen, Reutlingen, and Esslingen.
The history of the camp was only examined at a late stage. Following a documentary film in 2008, a memorial to the 601 Jewish prisoners was dedicated on the former runway in June 2010. Volunteers set up a documentation center with a multimedia exhibition in Tailfingen's old town hall, in which 15 survivors speak in interviews.
The memorial site is run by the association KZ Gedenkstätte Hailfingen Tailfingen e. V. Other places of remembrance include a memorial pillar (Denk-Pfeiler) for prisoners of war and forced laborers, a sculpture trail, and the former mass grave. As part of the Natzweiler camp complex, the site is part of the European Heritage Label.
Admission is free.
Free admission.
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Only partly suitable for kids
Memorial site; the educational programs are aimed mainly at school classes, usually from grade 9.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 2 hrs |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours (2 hours or more), tours with group work, visits to the memorial and cemetery, and project days (approx. 7 hours), mainly for school classes from grade 9; youth guides also visit schools. Registration with Andreas Kroll, 0170 8610129, fuehrungen@kz-gedenkstaette-hailfingen-tailfingen.de. Seminar room upstairs. |
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