Where can I visit former Nazi camps and prisons in Europe?

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Some months ago I visited the NS Documentation Center of the City of Cologne. The museum was very interesting for me because the building wasn't destroyed during World War II and I could see the former Gestapo prison with inscriptions and drawings done by prisoners on the walls.

Now I am looking for other museums in Europe dedicated to memorializing the victims of the Nazi regime like prisons and concentration camps where I can see more than just photos and videos, or some memorials built after the war. I want to see the death camps from inside, prison cells or gas chambers.

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Best Answer

The locations are very well known. Just as a starting point you can take a look at the Map as of 1942, so using the map and in addition to @travelot answer:



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Is Auschwitz still open to the public?

The grounds and buildings of the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau camps are open to visitors.

Where are the concentration camps to visit?

Destinations Visited
  • Munich, Germany.
  • Dachau Concentration Camp.
  • Nuremburg, Germany.
  • Krakow, Poland.
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau.
  • Berlin, Germany.
  • Platzl Square.
  • Auschwitz.


Can you visit Plaszow concentration camp?

There is not much of a concentration camp like in Auschwitz (physical building) there but the whole area is well worth a visit if anyone is interested. While going through the area you will see the memorial for the people killed by the Nazis in the camp between 1943-1945.

Is Auschwitz free entry?

Entry to the premises of the Auschwitz Memorial is free. A fee is only charged for visits with a Museum educator, i.e., a person authorized and prepared to conduct guided tours on the premises.


American Visits Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland



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Answer 2

Fort Breendonk is probably not the most famous Nazi camp out there, but it is well preserved and far from being the least interesting to visit.

The Hadamar Euthanasia Centre can be visited too. It is a psychiatric hospital today but has a memorial. And it is not too far from Mainz. Can be done on a day trip.

Answer 3

Terezin (Czech Republic), former Jewish Concentration camp and a prison. Terezin is a fortress town from 18th century. Features:

  • Guided tours in the prison (in former military area).

  • Large Jewish cemetery.

  • Several buildings in the town are devoted to the Museum of Holocaust.

More info: Theresienstadt concentration camp, Terezin Memorial

Answer 4

In the Netherlands the former camp Westerbork is now a memorial/museum. There are other memorials at the former camp Amersfoort, I think at Vught, and at several relevant places (like the execution grounds at Waalsdorper plain near the Hague where hundreds were brought from prisons to be shot).

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