Job Openings
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, Bavarian Memorial Foundation, is looking for someone with an international profile to fill the position of Manager of the Scientific Department (full time, 40 hours per week) as per December 1, 2010 or later. Furthermore there is also a position to be filled as a research assistant (full time, 40 hours per week), as per December 1, 2010.
Exhibition: "They gave us hope again"
On the 29th of April, which is the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp, the exhibition "They gave us hope again" was opened at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. The exhibition is dedicated to an historical aspect of the Dachau Concentration Camp which has received only little consideration hitherto: the fate of female prisoners, among whom there were also pregnant women. Between December 1944 and February 1945, seven Jewish women brought children into the world amidst the terror at Kaufering I, a satellite camp of the Dachau Concentration Camp – all of them survived.
Limited use of Archive and Library from Nov. 2010 to Oct. 2011 [Update]
Due to construction from November 2010 to October 2011 the archive and the library of the memorial site are only open for limited use. Please excuse any inconveniences.
Construction on the Italian memorial chapel "Regina Pacis"
Please note that due to necessary repairs, the Italian memorial chapel "Regina Pacis" at the concentration camp cemetery on the Leitenberg is not accessible until December 2010.
Opening Times on Bank Holidays
The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site will be open on the following Bavarian bank holidays from 9am to 5pm:
Assumption Day (August, 15th)
Day of Unity (October, 3rd)
All Saints Day (November, 1st)
Christmas (December, 25th and 26th).
New Years Eve (December, 31st)
New Year's Day (January, 1st)
Epiphany (January, 6th)
The memorial site is closed on Christmas Eve (December, 24th).
On Mondays the memorial site will be closed (except All Saints Day, November, 1st).
Opening of a new visitors' center
Project description
The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site is visited yearly by ca. 800,000 people from around the world. It is necessary to offer services which meet the needs of this high level of visitors. Aside from caring for the basic needs of visitors, an adequate variety of information on the site must be provided. In order to achieve this balance a new visitors' center was opened on April, 30th, 2009. The new building includes a café, snack bar. It also houses a welcome desk and service area, which will include a helpdesk, bookstore and audio guide center.
The Architecture
The new visitors' center blends in with its complex urban surroundings and reflects the topographical history of the site. The goal was to create a prototype which resembles the existing historical buildings, but which also fulfills the demands of the large volume of visitors. Therefore, the Memorial Site selected the design by Florian Nagler Architects, who included all of the design goals in their proposal.