MEMORY IN PRACTICE
During World War II there were more than 400 units of collective accommodation for forced laborers in the Munich area alone. In some cases the barracks were erected in the immediate vicinity of places of work or on company premises. In others, schools, gymnasiums, or guesthouses were converted into housing. Today, there are virtually no visible signs of these historic buildings. The photographer Hadas Tapouchi visited 30 of these sites, seeking to make their former presence come alive again. The interactive map of the city invites you to document changes in the urban space yourself and to share them with others, thus forging a connection between physical historical sites and digital memory space.
List of former forced labor camps in Munich
All information are based on the data base of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism.
11 bis 50 Personen
Landsberger Straße 143
11 bis 50 Personen
Hiltenspergerstraße
11 bis 50 Personen
Zenettistraße 2
11 bis 50 Personen
Dachauer Straße 473
11 bis 50 Personen
Allach, Schillerstraße 9,
today Pasteurstraße
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Belfortstraße 3
11 bis 50 Personen
Engelbertstraße 6
11 bis 50 Personen
Riemer Straße 78
today Eggenfeldener Straße 54
The camp housed the Stalag VIIa work detail 2873 with French prisoners of war who had to work for the company Deckel.
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Waakirchnerstraße (7-13)
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Implerstraße 53
101 bis 500 Personen
Schleißheimer Straße 420
The camp housed up to 70 Soviet prisoners of war who had to work for the united stove and oven factories (Vereinigten Herd- und Ofenfabriken.
51 bis 100 Personen
Kazmairstraße 12
11 bis 50 Personen
Aschauer Straße 14
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Dachauer Straße 118
The dance hall of the “Schlegel” guesthouse housed the prisoner-of-war work detail 2029 of Stalag VIIA. The French prisoners of war worked for the Zentz & Co. power feed factory.
11 bis 50 Personen
Feldmoching, Hauptstraße 8
today Feldmochinger Straße 386
Between 1940 and 1945, the Forstenried forestry office employed the work detail 2119 of Stalag VIIa, consisting of 30 to 50 French prisoners of war who had to do forestry work.
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Starnberger Straße
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Gotthardtstraße 84
today sports field west of no. 68
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Solalindenstraße 16
today Max-Rothschild-Straße 22
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Kaulbachstraße 45
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Freisinger Landstraße 18
today Situlistraße 18
The guesthouse Rotschuster (today “Feldmochinger Hof”) housed a work detail (No. 624) of Stalag VIIA consisting of 44 French prisoners of war who worked in agriculture for various farmers in the village. The work distribution was under the control of the local farmers’ association, which used a total of more than 100 prisoners of war (mainly French and Serbs).
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Feldmoching, Hauptstraße 92
today Feldmochinger Straße 389
The camp was set up in June 1941 on the northern grounds of BMW Plant I. In September 1944, 445 Italian forced labourers were housed there.
101 bis 500 Personen
Preußenstraße without number
The camp was located in the rooms of the guesthouse “Zum Kriegerdenkmal”. It housed 30 French prisoners of war (work detail 1743) who had to work for farmers and gardeners.
11 bis 50 Personen
Pelkovenstraße 57
From the beginning of the war until June 1940, there was a communal camp for Polish forced labourers. These were later relocated and a prisoner of war camp was set up, which existed until the end of the war and was administered by the Reichsbahn.
über 1000 Personen
Neumarkter Straße 85
today Neumarkter Straße 93