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A group of young visitors with their guide touching the memorial plaque at Appellplatz.

Public Tours 2 hours

Explore the memorial accompanied by our trained educational staff.

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Georg Lutz: „Garden" 20 June to 1 September 2025

Temporary exhibition on Nazi ideology and nature. In Garden, Georg Lutz makes the political personal and the landscape testimonial. His work reminds us that memory must be defended—not only with monuments, but with vigilance.

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Auf dem Bild sieht man das Logo der Initiative "weltoffenes Thüringen". Das Logo setzt sich aus abgerundeten Speren in Rot, Orange, Gelb, Blau, Grün und Lila zusammen.

Wir tretten ein für ein Weltoffenes Thüringen

Nicht nur wir sind in Sorge um die Demokratie und die Achtung der Menschenwürde in unserem Land. Daher engagieren sich über 7.000 Organisationen und Menschen aus dem gesamten Freistaat in der Initiative »Weltoffenes Thüringen«.

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

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Georg Lutz: „Garden" 20 June to 1 September 2025

Temporary exhibition on Nazi ideology and nature. In Garden, Georg Lutz makes the political personal and the landscape testimonial. His work reminds us that memory must be defended—not only with monuments, but with vigilance.

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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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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.

To the biography of Éva Fahidi-Pusztai

Statement by the International Buchenwald Dora Committee and Commandos Concentration camp survivors on the results of the state elections in Thuringia

"The AfD, led in Thuringia by Björn Höcke, is fighting against Germany's current remembrance policy and is thus also threatening the efforts of former concentration camp prisoners who are still alive today."

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Geschichte statt Mythen Workshop | 04.08.2024 – 14.08.2024 | Buchenwald Memorial

Participants from Germany and Ukraine will meet and spend time together at the International Eduacation Centre of the Buchenwald Memorial. The history of Buchenwald under National Socialism will be a focal point of the camp through tours, workshops and...

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Loeffelsender Teaser

The Buchenwald concentration camp 1937 to 1945 Book of the month

To mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation, Michael Löffelsender offers a concise history of the concentration camp that covers all the important aspects. The internal history of the camp, the actions of the SS, the experiences of those persecuted...

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#otd1945 Denials of Guilt

On 16 April 1945, 1,000 men and women of Weimar had to tour Buchenwald by order of General Patton, the commander of the Third U.S. Army. On the camp grounds, liberated inmates and U.S. soldiers confronted them with evidence of the crimes. They showed...

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Events

Exhibition
01.04.2025 ‒ 01.09.2025, 10:00 AM‒18:00 PM
Outdoor-Ausstellung
Gedenkstätte Buchenwald

Buchenwald 1945. Szenen aus dem befreiten Lager

Seminar
17.07.2025 ‒ 23.07.2025, 09:00 AM‒18:00 PM
 24.09.2025 ‒ 28.09.2025, 09:00 AM‒18:00 PM
Application deadline extended!!!
Memorials Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, Auschwitz-Birkenau

How to deal with a difficult past?

Commemoration
18.07.2025, 17:15 PM‒18:00 PM
Paul Schneider - Matthias Spanlang - Otto Neururer
ehem. Appellplatz, Gedenkstätte Buchenwald

Ökumenischer Gottesdienst

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Handreichung

Was ist unsere hausinterne Handreichung über „Problematische Marken, Codes, Symbole und Zeichen rechtsradikaler und antisemitischer Gruppierungen“? Erläuterung der Gedenkstätte Buchenwald

In den sozialen Medien wurden heute, am 7. Juli 2025, Auszüge aus einer hausinternen Handreichung für Mitarbeitende der Bildungsabteilung und der Security veröffentlicht. Sie informiert über Codes und Symbole, wie sie vor allem aktuell in der extrem rechten Szene Verwendung finden. Warum haben wir so eine hausinterne Handreichung und welche Funktion hat sie?

Pressemitteilung zu Georg Lutz: Garden Sonderausstellung im Gebäude der ehemaligen Desinfektion an der Gedenkstätte Buchenwald

In Garden macht Georg Lutz das Politische persönlich und die Landschaft zu einem Zeugnis. Seine Arbeit erinnert uns daran, dass Erinnerung verteidigt werden muss – nicht nur mit Denkmälern, sondern auch mit Wachsamkeit. Das Werk ist vom 20. Juni 2025 bis zum 1. September 2025 im Keller der ständigen Kunstausstellung der Gedenkstätte Buchenwald zu sehen. Geöffnet Dienstag bis Sonntag und an Feiertagen 10 – 18 Uhr (letzter Einlass 17:30 Uhr).

Mourning the death of Georges Villard Survivor of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps

Wir trauern um den Überlebenden der Konzentrationslager Buchenwald und Mittelbau-Dora Georges Villard (1925–2025). Er starb im Mai dieses Jahres.
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