Forced Labour Camp Memorial Site at Neuaubing

In Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labour Camp Neuaubing, an exhibition of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism is to be created. Visitors will be able to explore the site with an audio guide for schools even prior to the opening. Tours will be offered for groups by arrangement.
In Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labour Camp Neuaubing, an exhibition of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism is to be created. Visitors will be able to explore the site with an audio guide for schools even prior to the o

 

Forced Labour in the Service of the Reichsbahn


The Reichsbahn had a great demand for forced labourers, which rose even further as the war proceeded. There were two railway repairs works in Munich –  in Freimann and Neuaubing – which manufactured and repaired armoured and hospital trains as well as passenger carriages for war operations. The work was physically and mentally arduous. 

Most of the “foreign workers” at RAW Neuaubing lived in the camp in Ehrenbürgstraße. Armed railway employees brought the men, women, youths and children to the works in the morning and back to the camp in the evening. They had to work longer hours and for lower wages than German workers and had scarcely any protection or rights. 

Since it was crucial to the war effort the RAW became the target of major bombing in July 1944. There were no air-raid shelters for the forced labourers.  After the war, German Railways (now the Bundesbahn) continued to operate the works until 2001. In 2015, demolition work began on the site where a new housing development is currently being built.

 

 

The Faces of Forced Labour


The victims of forced labour fell virtually into oblivion after the war. Only years later did they become the focus of renewed scholarly and public attention. The Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism is placing the fates of Munich’s forced labourers at the centre of its concept for this new memorial site. 

For a long time nothing was known about the forced labourers employed directly in Neuaubing. The first surviving contemporary witness, Ivan Hont, was found in Yevmynka in Ukraine in 2012. Since then, systematic research has enabled contact to be established with a number of other former Neuaubing inmates and their descendants in various countries.  

The information and documentation thus obtained have served as material for the exhibition and will form part of the future information and educational programmes of the Forced Labour Camp Memorial Site. The biographies of many former forced labours will be presented in audio and film interviews. 

 

 

For tours, educational programmes and contacts, please call

+49 89 233-67007 or send an e-mail to

bildung.nsdoku@muenchen.de

 

The free audio guide can be downloaded at

www.ns-dokuzentrum-muenchen.de/muenchner-zeitgeschichten

 

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  • The Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    In Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing, an exhibition of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism is to be created.
  • The Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    An exhibition documenting the living and working conditions endured by the forced labourers will be housed in this barrack.
  • The Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    The barrack 5 of formerly altogether eight barracks of the Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing.
  • The front door to Barrack 5

    The front door to Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing.
  • In the Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    In the Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing. An exhibition documenting the living and working conditions endured by the forced labourers will be housed in this barrack.
  • In the Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    In the Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing. An exhibition documenting the living and working conditions endured by the forced labourers will be housed in here.
  • In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing during the renovation work.
  • In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing during the renovation work. The study of the original state is part of the project of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of Nati...
  • In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing during the renovation work. The study of the original state is part of the project of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of Nati...
  • In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing during the renovation work. The study of the original state is part of the project of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of Nati...
  • In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing.
  • In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labour Camp Neuaubing

    In Barrack 5 of the former Forced Labour Camp Neuaubing, an exhibition of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism is to be created.
  • In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing during the renovation work.
  • In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing during the renovation work. The study of the original state is part of the project of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of Nati...
  • In the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    An exhibition documenting the living and working conditions endured by the forced labourers will be housed in this barrack.
  • View out of the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    View out of the barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing.
  • The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing was handed over to the municipal department of the City of Munich in 2014 to secure the preservation of the monument.
  • The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labour Camp Neuaubing

    In barrack 5 of the former Forced Labour Camp Neuaubing, an exhibition of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism is to be created. Even before the opening, the site can ...
  • The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing.
  • The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing in the side view.
  • The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing was handed over to the municipal department of the City of Munich in 2014 to secure the preservation of the monument.
  • The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    The barrack 5 of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing.
  • An artist's house in a former barrack

    Today, the area of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing is characterized by its existing socio-cultural mixed use.
  • An artist's house in a former barrack

    Today, the area of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing is characterized by its existing socio-cultural mixed use.
  • Works of art in public on the site of the former Forced Labor Camp

    Today, the area of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing is characterized by its existing socio-cultural mixed use.
  • A pillbox

    On the site you can still find pillboxes.
  • An artist's house in a former barrack

    Today, the area of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing is characterized by its existing socio-cultural mixed use. I
  • Memorial room, which was created by the artists

    Today, the area of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing is characterized by its existing socio-cultural mixed use. The artists had already created a memorial room in one of the barracks at their own...
  • Memorial room, which was created by the artists

    The artists had already created a memorial room in one of the barracks at their own initiative to commemorate the Forced Labor Camp.
  • Signpost to the memorial room

    The artists had already created a memorial room in one of the barracks at their own initiative to commemorate the Forced Labor camp.
  • The former barracks with the memorial room

    The artists had already created a memorial room in one of the barracks at their own initiative to commemorate the Forced Labor Camp.
  • One of the baracks of former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing

    Today, the area of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing is characterized by its existing socio-cultural mixed use.
  • Artistically designed shutters at one of the artists' houses

    Today, the area of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing is characterized by its existing socio-cultural mixed use.
  • Socio-cultural mixed use

    Today, the area of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing is characterized by its existing socio-cultural mixed use.
  • Socio-cultural mixed use

    Today, the area of the former Forced Labor Camp Neuaubing is characterized by its existing socio-cultural mixed use. I
  • Site map of the barrack camp of the Reichsbahn in Neuaubing, planning November 1942

    Site map of the barrack camp of the Reichsbahn in Neuaubing, planning November 1942.
  • Audioguide: Teil 1 | Einführung

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 1
  • Audioguide: Teil 2 | Deportation aus Osteuropa

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 2
  • Audioguide: Teil 3 | Zwangsarbeit im Nationalsozialismus

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 3
  • Audioguide: Teil 4 | Ankunft im Lager

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 4
  • Audioguide: Teil 5 | Zwangsarbeit in München

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 5
  • Audioguide: Teil 6 | Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing – Eine Zeitreise

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 6
  • Audioguide: Teil 7 | Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing – Der Alltag

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 7
  • Audioguide: Teil 8 | Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing – Das Lagerpersonal

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 8
  • Audioguide: Teil 9 | Arbeit im Reichbahn-Ausbesserungswerk Neuaubing

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 9
  • Audioguide: Teil 10 | Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing – Das Kriegsende

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 10
  • Audioguide: Teil 11 | Iwan Hont – Sein Leben nach der Befreiung

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 11
  • Audioguide: Teil 12 | Das ehemalige Zwangsarbeiterlager als Erinnerungsort

    Audioguide: Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing | Teil 12