The Plötzensee Memorial to the victims of National Socialism from Germany and abroad is a European place of quiet remembrance. Between 1933 and 1945, more than 2,800 people were executed here following unjust verdicts handed down by the Nazi judiciary.
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Ausstellung der Gedenkstätte Plötzensee
Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand
Ausstellung der Gedenkstätte Plötzensee
Ausstellung der Gedenkstätte Plötzensee
Among them were more than 1,400 Germans and more than 1,400 people from over 20 other nations.
Many of them were political opponents of the Nazi dictatorship, such as members of the Red Orchestra, the Kreisau Circle, the 20 July 1944 coup attempt, or opposition resistance groups and circles.
But there were also victims who were sentenced to death and executed by the German judiciary for the most minor offences. Many foreign prisoners from the occupied countries of Europe met their deaths here.
The room where the executions took place is now a memorial room.
In the adjoining room, a permanent exhibition commemorates all the victims of the Nazi regime’s unjust justice system who were murdered here.
- A terminal provides access to the biographical details of all those murdered in Plötzensee.
- This documentation is continually being updated.
Additional information
Opening hours:
- daily 9 am to 5 pm
closed:
- December 24-26 and December 31-January 1.
