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A dark room. On the walls, backlit panels with photos and texts. Visitors look at the panels.

Permanent exhibition Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp, 1943–1945

The exhibition shows the multifaceted network of relationships between the camps and their social environment and contributes to the critical examination of the topic of perpetration and the responsibility of accomplices and bystanders.

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Path made of concrete slabs under trees. The exhibition building is built into a kind of embankment.

Special exhibition "Flight" Special exhibition in the firehouse

A look at the escapes made by inmates from the Mittelbau-Dora complex of concentration camps demonstrates that the German population was indeed directly confronted with the mass crimes of the Nazis during the war. Presenting stories of escapes, the...

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The photo shows chamber 44, which is flooded with groundwater. A 44 can be seen on the wall on the right. A small yellow stele stands in the middle of the water.

Historic Tunnel System

Part of the historical tunnel system, in which concentration camp inmates had to perform forced labour, is today accessible to the public.

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The guided tours may be cancelled at weekends at the moment. Please inform yourself before your visit (information@dora.de, +49 (0)3631 495 820).

The museum is open from 10am to 6pm. We kindly ask for your understanding.

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Guided Tours

Explore the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp memorial accompanied by our trained staff

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APP and Multimedia Guide

You can also explore the memorial with our "Mittelbau" app, which is available free of charge through the Apple Store or Google Play.

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FAQ

Our answers to questions we are frequently asked.

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An autumn leafy forest path with a sign on its left. The sign shows the direction of the path to the crematorium and the course of the circular route across the memorial grounds.

What Is Where?

This service map gives you an overview of the memorial site.

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Donations for victims of Nazi persecution in Ukraine

The current war in Ukraine has left many people in great need. Among those suffering are also the survivors of National Socialist persecution. They need our help now more than ever, so that vital basics such as warmth, food and medical care can be ensured, but also reconstruction work can be supported.

You can donate through our aid network for victims of Nazi persecution!

The photo shows a seminar situation. Young people are sitting in tables arranged in a circle. On them notes and tablets.

Educational Offerings

Overview and extensive descriptions of group offers

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Young volunteers position whitish rubble stone to use it to make visible the outline of a former camp building.

Study-and-Work Camp 22 June – 6 July 2024

In 2024, the memorial once again organizes a two-week international study and work camp in cooperation with the Service Civil International (SCI). Participants from all over the world learn about the historical site and the memorial, while making...

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„Roll call took far longer than usual this morning. A dead man whose number had been covered up had to be identified. As a result, six hundred sick people had to remain standing for four hours.“
Pierre Mahot
In-depth information about the history of Mittelbau-Dora

Events

Exhibition
11.09.2024 ‒ 24.11.2024, 19:00 PM‒17:00 PM
FLOHBURG | Das Nordhausen Museum

Rosa Winkel.

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What's On

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

Das Internationale Komitee Buchenwald-Dora und Kommados bringt seine tiefste Bestürzung über das Ergebnis der Parlamentswahlen vom 1. September 2024 zum Ausdruck.

Warum die Stiftung einen Brief an die Wähler:innen in Thüringen geschrieben hat Postwurf-Aktion

Statement von Stiftungsdirektor Prof. Dr. Jens-Christian Wagner
Alexandr Afanasjew zeigt etwas auf seinem Smartphone

Mourning the death of Alexandr F. Afanasiev Survivor of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps

We mourn the death of the survivor of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps, Alexandr Afanasiev. He died in Moscow on 13 June of this year at the age of 101.
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