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Public Tours 2 hours

Explore the memorial accompanied by our trained educational staff.

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What Is Where? Interactive map

Get a first overview of the location of the exhibitions, the most important historical sites and our service offers.

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The 2012 and 2021 issues of "Relexionen" magazine on one table. the 2022 issue is partially on top of the 2021 version

Reflexionen Our history magazine

The magazine not only provides information about our work, but also aims to stimulate reflection on history and its consequences up to the present day with its diverse contributions.

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The graphic shows the service card application. In the center of the image is the parking lot of the Buchenwald Memorial.

What Is Where? Map

Get a first overview of the location of the exhibitions, the most important historical sites and our service offers.

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A visitor uses the I-Guide app while touring the memorial. The smartphone used is equipped with headphones.

App / Multimedia Guide Digital accompaniment

You can also explore Buchenwald with our app, which is available for free in the Apple Store or Google Play Store.

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Closing of the art exhibition

On Saturday, May 13 and Sunday, May 14, 2023, the art exhibition must unfortunately remain closed. We ask for your understanding!

A visitor stands in front of a display case and listens at a listening station.

Buchenwald. Ostracism and Violence 1937 to 1945 Exhibition

Exploring the history of the camp and how it was embedded in german society, the exhibition encompasses 2000 square metres. In addition, numerous original objects illustrate everyday life in the camp.

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View into the glazed area of the art exhibition where sculptures are placed.

"Means of survival - testimony - work of art - pictorial memory" Art Exhibition

In the former disinfection of the concentration camp, the permanent art exhibition with about 200 exhibits - paintings, drawings, graphics, photographs, sculptures, installations and collages - is located on about 400 square metres.

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Visitors between the showcases of the special camp exhibition.

Soviet Special Camp No. 2 (1945-1950) Exhibition

In a newly constructed exhibition building opposite the burial ground, the exhibition on the history of Soviet Special Camp No. 2 has been accessible since 1997. Relics, documents and memoirs from the time of the camp are presented on 300 square meters.

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"O Buchenwald … We will say yes to life / For the day will come when we are free!"
Buchenwald Song (Text: Fritz Löhner-Beda)
On the history of Fritz Löhner-Beda and the Buchenwald Song

Figuring things out New Web App

The Web App offers a first approach to concentration camp history by means of historical objects. The interactive exploration of these object stories, partly designed with 3D scans, offers exciting insights into the life of the object owner.

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Rosa Winkel-Ausstellung in Weimar

pink triangle exhibition in the University of Jena

The conditions under which queer people suffered in the concentration camp and the experiences of discrimination and criminalisation they had even after liberation are told in the exhibition "Rosa Winkel. Prisoners persecuted as homosexuals in the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps" for the first time.

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Das Cover zeigt ein Foto. Es ist ein Ausschnitt der verschwindenden Wand. In kleinen Fächern liegen herausnehmbare Holzklötze.

Reflexionen 2022 Book of the month

Staff members of the Foundation and external authors explore the question of the extent to which Nazi rule, forced labour, the Shoah and the Second World War can be described as transnational experiences. The aim is to look at the Europe-wide and...

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Workcamp ASF

Summer-Workcamp 22.7. - 5.8.2023

Registrations for the Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste Summer Work Camp in Buchenwald are now open!

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Events

Exhibition
25.05.2023 – 14.07.2023
7 am - 10 pm
Hauptgebäude der FSU Jena (1. OG)

pink triangle

Seminar for Teachers
14.07.2023 – 19.07.2023
Part I (registration until 31.5.23)
Gedenkstätten Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen und Auschwitz

How to Deal with a Difficult Past?

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Markus Wegewitz: Antifaschistische Kultur. Nico Rost und der lange Kampf gegen den Nationalsozialismus, 1919 – 1965

Anhand der Biografie von Nicolaas (Nico) Rost schreibt Markus Wegewitz eine Erfahrungsgeschichte des Antifaschismus im Europa des 20. Jahrhunderts.
A group of young participants in a multi-day program working outside at a long work table on various educational materials.

Two-part-seminar for German and Polish teachers Call for participants:

How to Deal with a Difficult Past? | Educational Perspectives on National Socialism, Shoah and the Second World War | July 14-19th, 2023 Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen Memorials | September 28th-October 2nd, 2023 Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
In the center of the picture, a speaker with a black jacket stands on a small stage element and speaks into a microphone. To his left is a gray-white-orange information stele. In the background, the gate building of the former concentration camp can be seen.

78. Jahrestag der Befreiung der KZ Buchenwald und Mittelbau-Dora Informationen zu den Veranstaltungen (Überblick)

Auch in diesem Jahr werden die Gedenkfeiern zur Befreiung der Lager überschattet vom russischen Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine: Viele der Überlebenden aus Russland, der Ukraine und Belarus konnten dieses Jahr nicht anreisen. Gleichwohl freut sich die...
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