Detail: Inauguration of the Monument to Military Freedom at the theatre

A historical guide

The historical guide uses exemplary places to show the National Socialist infiltration of political and cultural life and the history of persecution, resistance and forced labour in Nordhausen.

National Socialist propaganda on the Kornmarkt

Timeline

The timeline provides an overview of the history of National Socialism in Nordhausen and beyond.

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All places

Political and Cultural Life

1 Adolf-Hitler-Haus 2 Theatre 3 Town Hall 4 Holy Cross Cathedral 5 St. Blaise's Church

Persecution

6 Siechenhof 7 Schönbeck Fashion Store 8 The Hecht Family's Residential and Commercial Building 9 Synagogue 10 Barrack for Sinti and Roma 11 Police Detention Centre for Homeless People 12 Municipal Health Office 13 Court Prison

Resistance

14 „Friedenseiche“ Pub in Salza 15 Nordhäuser Volkszeitung Editorial Office 16 Ludwig Einicke's Home

On the Road to War

17 Airbase 18 "Felsenkeller" Air-Raid Shelter

Concentration Camps and Forced Labour

19 Labour Office 20 Hanewacker Chewing Tobacco Factory 21 Schmidt, Kranz & Co. 22 Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp 23 Boelcke-Kaserne

Monuments and Cemeteries

24 Cemetery of Honour 25 Death March Memorial 26 Memorial to the Victims of the Bombings 27 Information Board on the Albert Kuntz Memorial Stone
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