| Architect |
Bettina Georg, Tobias Scheel and Simon Wetzel |
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Date Built |
Completed
2014 - Opened May 1, 2015 |
| Location |
Brienner Str.
34 |
| Description |
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The Munich
Documentation Centre for the History of
National Socialism explains on its website
that it, "... opened as a place
of education and remembrance documenting
and addressing the crimes of the Nazi
dictatorship and their origins,
manifestations and consequences right up
to the present day. ....
The Documentation Centre has been
built on the site of the former‚ 'Brown
House', once the headquarters of the
National Socialist German Workers’ Party
(NSDAP)." (The image above is
shown under a Creative CommonsAttribution-Share
Alike 3.0 Germany license.
The details of the license can be seen
by clicking on the image.)
An information board
outside the building explains its function
and the history of the site.
 Take a closer look -  The arrow in the image below shows the location of the Brown House.  Next door to the
Brown House was one of the two
Ehrentempel or "Temples of Honour"
erected by the Nazis in 1935 to house
the sarcophagi of the sixteen members of
the party who had been killed in the
failed Beer Hall putsch.
 In 1947 the
Ehrentempel were demolished but a
remnant exists next to the Documentation
Centre (see below). It is part of
the building's base and a fragment of
the staircase you can see in the image
above.
 The Brown House was
extensively damaged by bombing in WWII
and demolished. The site remained
empty until the Documentation Centre was
built.
 "The new
construction is designed to be an
open and lively forum of information
and discussion. The permanent
exhibition documents the history of
National Socialism in Munich, the
city’s special role in the Nazi
system of terror and Munich’s
difficulties in confronting its past
after 1945. As well as the permanent
exhibition, there are also a series
of special exhibitions, a learning
centre, a varied programme of events
and various educational resources."
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NS-Dokumentationszentrum,
Munich, Germany
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