Offener Prozess – Ein Dokumentationszentrum zum NSU-Komplex

About the museum

The documentation centre opened in May 2025 on Johannisplatz in Chemnitz, in the year the city was European Capital of Culture. It commemorates the people murdered by the right-wing terrorist "National Socialist Underground" between 2000 and 2007, and the victims injured in the bomb attacks and armed robberies. Chemnitz was chosen deliberately: here and in Zwickau the core trio lived underground for years and found support in the local neo-Nazi scene.

The centre was preceded by many years of preparatory work by Saxon civil society. The associations RAA Sachsen and ASA-FF presented a concept and feasibility study for a documentation site in south-west Saxony in 2023; the project was realised together with the Initiative Offene Gesellschaft. The centre is now run by the non-profit Offener Prozess gGmbH. It sees itself as a pilot project for a future nationwide network of documentation and memorial sites.

At its centre is the widely awarded exhibition "Offener Prozess", which previously toured Germany as a travelling exhibition and is continually expanded. It links the history of the NSU complex with the families' struggles for clarification and with migrant, especially East German, lived realities. It is complemented by an archive, a meeting place for those affected and initiatives ("Assembly") and a welcome area where hosts invite visitors to talk.

Highlights

• Exhibition "Offener Prozess" on the NSU complex from the perspective of the families and those affected
• Welcome area with free çay, water and fruit
• Free public guided tours on four days a week
• Archive and meeting place "Assembly" for initiatives
• Central location on Johannisplatz near the Red Tower

Permanent exhibition

• Offener Prozess – Exhibition on the NSU complex that shows the crimes, the failures of the investigations and the families' struggle for clarification, while including migrant lifeworlds in East Germany.

Founded

2025

Operated by

Offener Prozess gGmbH

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: not available
• Audio description

Step-free main entrance, also suitable for large wheelchairs; accessible toilets; high-contrast paths, but no tactile guidance system yet. Some works with audio description. No texts in Easy Language, but tours in simplified language. Assistance dogs with proof permitted.

Kids & families

• Stroller-friendly
• Playground / play area

In the "Kokon" (cocoon), children can withdraw with the children's books provided while adults visit the exhibition; a stroller can be borrowed on site.

Getting there & parking

In the centre near the Red Tower and the Old Town Hall; access to Johannisplatz via Straße der Nationen (signposted), building with a large glass front.

Amenities & dining

• Café: not available
• Restaurant: not available
• Lockers

Welcome area with free tea, water and fruit, and a small kiosk for snacks and drinks. Lockers in front of the centre; only bags up to A4 size may be taken in, and there is a security check at entry.

Events & venue rental

The "Assembly" is available to initiatives and groups by arrangement (assembly@offener-prozess.de).

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