Map, tours and advice
The Natzweiler camp memorial consists of:
- the European Centre of Deported Resistance Members (Centre européen du résistant déporté) with the permanent exhibition Against barbarism: commit, resist, fight and temporary exhibitions based on the programme of events,
- the Natzweiler concentration camp with the museum barracks, prison barracks, crematorium barracks and ash pit,
- the national necropolis with the Memorial to the Heroes and Martyrs of Deportation (free admission)
- and the gas chamber (700-m walk or 1.4-km drive from the camp).
A memorial
The Natzweiler Concentration Camp Memorial is a place of remembrance where thousands of men and women perished. For these reasons, we ask that you behave solemnly and dress appropriately throughout the site, out of respect for the victims.
Families
The visit is highly inadvisable for children under 10 years of age. Furthermore, certain parts of the Natzweiler camp museum contain sensitive images. Please take your children’s sensitivity into account when visiting.
Guided tours
Guided tours in French are available every day at 10:00 am., 11:00 am., 2:00 pm., 3:00 pm. and 3:30 pm. They take approximately one hour.
Our guides will take you on a journey through the history of this concentration camp, the concentration camp system and the dehumanisation of the deportees.
Included in the admission ticket
Audio guide
Audio guides are available in six languages (French, German, English, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish) to enhance your self-guided tour. They can be picked up when you purchase your ticket at the reception desk of the European Centre of Deported Resistance Members.
Included in the admission ticket
Self-guided tours
- The European Centre of Deported Resistance Members (Centre européen du résistant déporté) with the permanent exhibition Against barbarism, commit, resist, fight and the temporary exhibition based on the programme of events
- the concentration camp,
- and the camp museum.
Between 2 and 2 and a half hours.
- The concentration camp
- and the camp museum.
Approximately 1 and a half hours
- The gas chamber, a 700-metre walk (see the chemin des déportés (path of the deportees) trail) or 1.4 drive from the camp
30-minute tour
Opening days and times vary. Please ask at reception before or during your visit.
Chemin des déportés
“Path of the deportees”
Hiking trail
During the Second World War, deportees from KL Natzweiler travelled on foot along the path from Rothau train station to the camp. Follow in the footsteps of these deportees to get a first-hand impression of the arduous climb to the concentration camp.
This hiking trail is a prelude to visiting the camp.
Along the trail, you will find signs with historical context and testimonies from deportees who survived the brutal treatment at the hands of the Nazis.
Technical information
The concentration camp stage is located 4 km from Rothau train station (approximately 1 and a half hours)
Total distance: 8 km
Average time: 3 hours (not including time spent visiting the concentration camp)
Difficulty: Moderate
Vertical gain: + 370 m
Departure/arrival: Rothau railway station
More practical information available on the Rando Bruche website