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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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On Saturday (8 February 2025), the museum will unfortunately remain closed for health reasons. Guided tours will not take place.

We kindly ask for your understanding.

A memorial staff member begins a guided tour at the camp model. He points to one area of the model while visitors stand all around it.

Guided Tours

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

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A person holding a smartphone on which the app of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp memorial is open.

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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„The worst thing was the hunger. We were almost always hungry. The tiny ration we got each day only whet our appetite but couldn't quell our hunger, and that was an inconceivable torment for us. Our faces changed, they got wrinkled and looked older, we began to stoop, and walking beacem increasingly difficult.“
Marcel Arbez
In-depth information about the history of Mittelbau-Dora

Events

Theatre
09.02.2025, 15:00 PM‒17:30 PM
Theaterstück mit Nachgespräch
Jugendclubhaus Nordhausen

„Was das Nashorn sah, als es auf die andere Seite des Zauns schaute“

Workshop
20.03.2025 ‒ 21.03.2025, 09:00 AM‒16:00 PM
Deadline für Beiträge ist der 15.12.2024
Gedenkstätte Buchenwald

Widerstand revisited. Neue Perspektiven auf Gegner:innen des Nationalsozialismus

Commemoration
06.04.2025, 10:00 AM‒11:30 AM
Congress Centrum Weimarhalle

Ceremony of 80th anniversary of liberation

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What's On

Black and white photograph of Joseph Spring standing in front of a window

Mourning the Death of Joseph Spring Survivor of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp

We mourn the loss of Joseph Spring (1927-2025), a survivor of the Auschwitz and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps. He died in Melbourne on 8 January this year, just before his 98th birthday.
CIBD

Verharmloser der NS-Verbrechen darf nicht Vizepräsident des Thüringer Landtages sein! Internationales Kommitee Buchenwald–Dora und Kommandos

Aufruf an alle Abgeordneten des Thüringer Landtages

photo of Icek Ostrowicz

Mourning the Death of Icek Ostrowicz Survivor of the Mittelbau concentration camp

We mourn the loss of Icek Ostrowicz (1927-2024), a survivor of the Mittelbau concentration camp. He died in September at the age of 97.
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