KZ-Gedenkstätte Neckarelz

About the museum

In March 1944, the elementary school in Neckarelz was converted into the Neckarelz I concentration camp and served as a camp for twelve months. It was one of the six so-called Neckar camps, subcamps of the main Natzweiler camp in the Vosges, which emerged during 1944 around an underground armaments factory code-named "Goldfisch" (Goldfish). After the war, the building became a school again: today's Clemens-Brentano primary school.

The association KZ-Gedenkstätte Neckarelz set up a first memorial in 1998 and in October 2011 opened a new building on the school grounds, directly opposite the primary school. Architect Andreas Maria Lang's design is an elongated building with a curtain of wooden slats that recalls the stripes of a prisoner's uniform and a barcode. From inside, it opens the view onto the former concentration camp school and the former roll-call square.

The permanent exhibition is divided into four rooms: the Neckar camps as a concentration camp complex, an open space with paths from the camp, Goldfisch, and Natzweiler am Neckar. Together with the "Goldfisch" history trail in Obrigheim, it tells the story of the Neckar camps. Volunteer memorial guides look after visitors, and the site has been awarded the European Heritage Label.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition on the six Neckar camps of the Natzweiler concentration camp
• Memorial on the grounds of the former concentration camp school
• Architecture with a slatted curtain as a symbol of bars and barcode
• Exhibition texts also in English and French
• Awarded the European Heritage Label

Permanent exhibition

• Dauerausstellung der KZ-Gedenkstätte – Four rooms tell the story of the six Neckar camps and the underground armaments factory "Goldfisch" from different perspectives.

Founded

1998

Operated by

KZ-Gedenkstätte Neckarelz e. V.

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials
• Audio description: no information

The memorial is accessible for people with limited mobility, although some parts of the grounds have a gradient steeper than 6%. Seating is available in all rooms. Tours in Easy Language are possible. All exhibition texts are also available in English and French.

Kids & families

Only partly suitable for kids

• Family tours & workshops

Educational offers for school classes and youth groups: tours and project days.

Getting there & parking

From the B 27/B 292, take the "Neckarelz-Mitte" exit, follow the signs to "Neckarelz", and after the large school building turn right onto the school grounds. Satnav: Mosbacher Straße 39, 74821 Mosbach. Direct connection to the Elz cycle path.

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