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The NS-Dokumentationszentrum is a museum in the
(in German). October 18, 2017. '' Süddeutsche Zeitung''. sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 18 October 2017. The architectural historian Winfried Nerdinger ( de), who helped to establish the centre, has served as its first director since 2012.Eddy, Melissa (May 1, 2015).
Munich Museum Is Another Step in Acknowledging the City’s Nazi Past
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The NS-Dokumentationszentrum is a museum in the Maxvorstadt
Maxvorstadt ( Central Bavarian: ''Maxvorstod'') is a central borough of Munich, Bavaria, Germany and forms the Stadtbezirk (borough) 3 Maxvorstadt. Since 1992, this borough comprises the former boroughs 5, 6 and 7 (Maxvorstadt-Universität, Maxvo ...
area of Munich
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, Germany
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, which focuses on the history and consequences of the Nazi regime
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
and the role of Munich as ''Hauptstadt der Bewegung'' (′capital of the movement′).
Establishment
In December 2005 the government ofBavaria
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announced that the museum would be situated at the site of the former Brown House, the Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...
headquarters, which played an important role in Munich as "capital of the movement" during the rise of the party and the enforcement of Nazism
Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) i ...
. The Königsplatz, a square for the Nazi Party's mass rallies, is in sighting distance.
The cornerstone for the building was laid in March 2012. The museum opened to the public in May 2015.Historikerin Zadoff leitet Münchner NS-Dokumentationszentrum(in German). October 18, 2017. '' Süddeutsche Zeitung''. sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 18 October 2017. The architectural historian Winfried Nerdinger ( de), who helped to establish the centre, has served as its first director since 2012.Eddy, Melissa (May 1, 2015).
Munich Museum Is Another Step in Acknowledging the City’s Nazi Past
. ''
The New York Times
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''. nytimes.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017. In October 2017 the museum announced the selection of Mirjam Zadoff to succeed him as director, after his retirement in April 2018. Born in Innsbruck, Austria, Zadoff is a historian and professor of Jewish Studies who holds a doctorate from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; during the 2017-2018 academic year she served as the director of the undergraduate program in Jewish Studies at Indiana University Bloomington
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.
See also
* NS Documentation Centre of the City of CologneReferences
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