national socialism documentation center
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One of the amazing places I have visited. You come out of train station and this huge cathedral kind of comes on to you and mesmerizes you. Gigantic monument just takes you in its arm and you will feel surprised
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We spent around 4-5 hours in the NS Dokuzentrum it was so interesting and informative and also so original. This building stands for so much and it is amazing that they kept it in such good order without losing it's authenticity. Definately worth a visit!
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A very well preserved Gestapo prison and headquarters. You can still see many of the etchings on the walls from the prisoners and most of them are translated into English (and other languages as well). Such a cool and haunting place to visit. You can check out my pictures and a full review on my blog http://magsonthemove.com/cologn-germany-national-socialism-documentation-center/
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Sobering, dark and disturbing, but something everyone should see so it never happens again. God bless the people who work here everyday and share this message.
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This really is an excellent museum but the information contained herein is very distressing. It was set up following a campaign by a student to stop suppressing Cologne's role in the birth of the National Socialist Party and I think it's been done very well. However, it may not be apparent that it exists and is about the rise of the Nazi party because it's always referred to as the National Socialist party in tourist literature. We wondered whether this is to avoid it becoming a neo-Nazi shrine, which it isn't, although it's not particularly helpful that most of the information is solely in German (apart from that in the cellar). But, there is a lot of information so it may be too difficult to have it in more than one language. However, there is an audio tour available in a number of other languages but, whilst I found the audio tour excellent, my partner found the information too distressing and that there was too much of it to digest in one go. It is packed to the rafters with the chronology of events and the impact of the Nazi party which I found really interesting to explain why the party gained such support (and therefore raising awareness of how to avoid anything like that happening again). There is a very good, thought-provoking, section explaining the personal impact of the party's fascist policies on individual families and 'targetted' groups which doesn't focus solely on Jewish families but also the Sinti and the gay or disabled community. In the cellar, which was also a prison, are personal accounts of people who were imprisoned there. It really was very well done, but I must point out that it was a miserable place and you won't be able to shake off your experience quickly (and nor should you). I've been to Terezin and Auschwitz so had some prior experience of the information, but my travelling companion had not studied WW2 in detail at school nor had he been to a concentration camp and he found it difficult even just looking through the information without the audio guide. I think the level of 'new' information he ingested was just too much for one visit. I did find this museum more distressing than either Terezin or Auschwitz but I have a family now which puts me in a different position. It also had a book containing the destination of Jewish individuals so if you're doing some family history, it has some resources for finding out what happened to your relatives, including dates. My travelling companion never wants to go here again, but I think it's important to go if you want to understand why the Nazi party wasn't stopped earlier, if only to prevent it ever happening again. In a nutshell, that's why this museum was set up.
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The museum is definitely worth a visit! There is the prison downstairs, and it's very much preserved, with the original prisoners' carvings on the walls. There is an exhibit on the cologne political climate in the 20th century upstairs, as well as an exhibit on auschwitz that is harrowing. My only issue with the museum was that the upstairs exhibit had no English plaques, which meant that the context of the spectacular photos and news clippings were lost on me.
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We followed the tripadvisor reviews to get the audio guide as English speakers. So thanks, we would have been at a loss without it. I think it was 4E50 for entry and 2E for the guide.The cells, inscriptions and prisoner stories in the lower floors were the best part and gave you a good sense of what it was like.The higher floors take you in great deal about the Nazis moving into Cologne. This got a bit tedious for me especially as all the documents and descriptions were in German.It was worth just for an hour or so...
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Very well laid out and and very informative museum. Must see in Cologne, Germany.It will make you appreciate what prisoners endured during the war time.
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Quite interesting place that chills to the bone. If you don't speak German you need to borrow the audioguide because in the first and second floor everything is in German!
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It's important to be aware of history and this museum does that well.It has good English translations for the cells downstairs but you have to rely on an audio tour if you want to make sense of the other floors (If you don't speak German of course!)Well worth a visit.