Gedenkstätte Münchner Platz Dresden

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The court complex on Münchner Platz went into operation in 1907 as the seat of the Saxon regional court, with an attached remand prison. During the Nazi era it became a center of political persecution: around 1,300 people were killed by guillotine in the execution courtyard, many of them members of the Czech resistance.

After the end of the war, Soviet military tribunals used the buildings at first, followed by the judiciary of the early GDR, which had a total of 83 death sentences carried out here until the end of 1956. The Technische Hochschule Dresden then took over the site and in 1959 opened a memorial in the former execution courtyard that commemorated almost exclusively the communist resistance.

Since 1994, the memorial has been part of the Stiftung Sächsische Gedenkstätten (Saxon Memorials Foundation). In 2012 the current permanent exhibition opened in the Georg-Schumann-Bau of TU Dresden; it compares Nazi justice, Soviet military justice, and GDR justice through individual life stories. Markings on the grounds and in the buildings also make the former court complex tangible; the monuments of the GDR-era memorial are now themselves part of the historic site.

In addition, the memorial researches other Dresden justice sites such as the prison on Mathildenstraße, destroyed in 1945, continually adds new biographies to its installation on those executed, and provides information about victims of persecution.

Hoogtepunten

• Former execution courtyard with monuments of the 1959 GDR-era memorial
• Restored cell corridor of the former remand prison
• Permanent exhibition with more than 700 photos, drawings, objects, and documents
• Eyewitness interviews at media stations
• Index-card installation with biographies of those executed

Vaste collectie

• Verurteilt. Inhaftiert. Hingerichtet. Politische Justiz in Dresden 1933–1945 | 1945–1957 – Opened in 2012, the exhibition is structured around the site’s functions as court, prison, and place of execution, and tells the story of Nazi, Soviet, and early GDR justice through individual fates.

Opgericht

1959

Beheerder

Stiftung Sächsische Gedenkstätten

Directie

Dr. Birgit Sack

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission and public guided tours free; donations welcome. Group tours by arrangement are usually subject to a fee; free for school classes, vocational school students, young people, and university students.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
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• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The exhibition and the former execution courtyard are wheelchair-accessible.

Kinderen & gezin

Memorial on political justice and executions; educational programs are aimed at school classes and young people (free, with topic folders and eyewitness interviews).

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The memorial is located in the Georg-Schumann-Bau of TU Dresden; the entrance to the exhibition is on the Münchner Platz side, to the left of the main entrance. By car from the main station via Fritz-Löffler-Straße, Nürnberger Platz, and Münchner Straße, or from the A 17 (exit Dresden-Süd) via Bergstraße, Nöthnitzer Straße, and Georg-Schumann-Straße.

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