Gedenkstätte Hadamar
- Hadamar Memorial Museum
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History
The Hadamar Memorial Museum is one of the central memorials commemorating the victims of National Socialism in Hesse. In its present form since 1991, the Memorial Museum has served as a reminder of the Nazi “euthanasia” crimes. The responsible body for the Memorial Museum is the Public Welfare Association of the German Federal State of Hesse (Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen, LWV). Since 1998, the memorial association Verein zur Förderung der Gedenkstätte Hadamar e. V. has been supporting our work.
Records Management and Collecting Policies
Hadamar Memorial Museum is home to a collection of various three-dimensional objects, mainly from the 1990s and 2000s, and in some cases from the period before 1945. They are thus a reflection of the reception history of the Memorial Museum and the Centre for Social Psychiatry (Zentrum für Soziale Psychiatrie) in Hadamar. The collection also includes an extensive photo collection as well as an area where sources and audiovisuals are collected. The source collection includes original documents that are not archive material, such as documents of persons murdered in Hadamar that were given to the Memorial Museum by relatives (letters, birth certificates, etc.). The audiovisual collection includes interviews with contemporary witnesses. The collection is generally accessible, but an appointment must be made in advance.
Opening Times
Monday to Thursday: 9-16h; Friday: 9-13h